Suppose you had a piece of steel from the twin towers

footfootfoot · 09-13-2011, 11:40 AM

After looking at the IOTD I followed the link and saw a photo of a chunk of WTC steel. I wondered what people would do if they had a piece of WTC steel.

Clodfobble · 09-13-2011, 02:58 PM

Have Perry Winkle make me a knife out of it!

You like how I stole his answer? He totally can't say that now, he has to come up with something else.

jimhelm · 09-13-2011, 03:14 PM

And use it to stab a Taliban guy?

sexobon · 09-13-2011, 03:28 PM

I'd have the WTC steel made into Slinkys which can expand and collapse over and over again.

Pete Zicato · 09-13-2011, 03:40 PM

Use it to make a sword. Not unlike Terry Pratchett's meteorite sword.

wolf · 09-14-2011, 11:44 AM

If it were a small enough chunk, I would put it on my display shelf along with my cast resin Ground Zero flag raising statue and the display of pins that I was given in commemoration of my service to some folks who served at Ground Zero.

A big piece would probably have to go on the patio.

TheMercenary · 09-14-2011, 12:15 PM

I would build a warship out of it to bomb the Taliban back to the stone age... wait, they already live in the stone age.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_York_(LPD-21)

tw · 09-14-2011, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I wondered what people would do if they had a piece of WTC steel.

Assume it is a scam. Most of that stuff, without hard facts to confirm its origin, is probably a scam.

So many so want to be scammed that even I would have no qualms about selling steel using that myth.

It's probably worth more when converted to a fork or knife.

monster · 09-14-2011, 03:42 PM

sell it for scrap

ZenGum · 09-14-2011, 08:33 PM

Ahh, guys ... Taliban =/= Al Qaeda.

Taliban means "religious community" or "congregation". As such, Talibans exist in every muslim country; most do very little beyond a bit of social cohesion, while others are concerned solely with local affairs, trying to provide some sort of law in the chaos of corrupt or collapsed nations like Afghanistan or Somalia.

Al Qeada is an international terrorist organisation which was responsible for the terror attacks. i.e. our legitimate enemies.

No doubt there is some overlap of membership, and no doubt that the Afghan Taliban allowed AQ to have safe haven in Afghanistan. This does not make "the taliban" automatically the enemy.

That said, if there was a chance to beat Bin Laden over the head with a piece of WTC steel, the queue to do so would stretch from NY to LA. And I'd join it.

jimhelm · 09-14-2011, 10:54 PM

Burn them anyway?

monster · 09-14-2011, 10:59 PM

Do they float? I'm kinda thinking at least one sank......

Undertoad · 09-15-2011, 05:11 AM

"We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them."

George W Bush, 9/11/01

Spexxvet · 09-15-2011, 07:41 AM

I'd make a W. bobblehead doll out of it.

wolf · 09-15-2011, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Ahh, guys ... Taliban =/= Al Qaeda.

yeahbut ... Al Qaeda didn't blow up the buddhas. Or punish girls for getting an education (well, they would given the chance, but not so systemically). Admittedly The Taliban did cut back on the opium trade, but that's kind of like lauding Hitler's having brought about an economic recovery.

09-13-2011, 11:40 AM	#1
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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Have Perry Winkle make me a knife out of it! You like how I stole his answer? He totally can't say that now, he has to come up with something else. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	And use it to stab a Taliban guy? __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

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wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	If it were a small enough chunk, I would put it on my display shelf along with my cast resin Ground Zero flag raising statue and the display of pins that I was given in commemoration of my service to some folks who served at Ground Zero. A big piece would probably have to go on the patio. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	I'd have the WTC steel made into Slinkys which can expand and collapse over and over again.

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TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I would build a warship out of it to bomb the Taliban back to the stone age... wait, they already live in the stone age. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_York_(LPD-21) __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	sell it for scrap __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-14-2011, 08:33 PM	#10
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Ahh, guys ... Taliban =/= Al Qaeda. Taliban means "religious community" or "congregation". As such, Talibans exist in every muslim country; most do very little beyond a bit of social cohesion, while others are concerned solely with local affairs, trying to provide some sort of law in the chaos of corrupt or collapsed nations like Afghanistan or Somalia. Al Qeada is an international terrorist organisation which was responsible for the terror attacks. i.e. our legitimate enemies. No doubt there is some overlap of membership, and no doubt that the Afghan Taliban allowed AQ to have safe haven in Afghanistan. This does not make "the taliban" automatically the enemy. That said, if there was a chance to beat Bin Laden over the head with a piece of WTC steel, the queue to do so would stretch from NY to LA. And I'd join it. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

09-14-2011, 10:54 PM	#11
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Burn them anyway? __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

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monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Do they float? I'm kinda thinking at least one sank...... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-15-2011, 05:11 AM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	"We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them." George W Bush, 9/11/01

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