July 22, 2011: HAMAD

Sorry folks I forgot to post this in the am, so I'm doing tomorrow a bit early.

A cow orker of mine sent me this.
I was curious, so I tried looking for " Al Futaisi " on google maps. Sure enough, I found it. Must be nice to have a few extra BILLION laying around to dig a hole in the sand big enough to be visible from space. really? REALLY?????

Well, there are worse things he could be doing with his money, I suppose.

Shame they misspelled it, though.

His name is Ahmad.

And they wrote it upside down.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Al+Futaisi&hl=en&ll=24.337869,54.328594&spn=0.061937,0.069265&sll=24.481915,54.359665&sspn=0.059913,0.069265&t=h&z=14

Ge0ffrey
wrote:

Ozymandias
Percy Bysshe Shelley

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: `Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear --
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.'

11 hours ago

From comments posted on the original link.

What a disgraceful waste of resources.

What a narcissistic self-indulgence.

I also sneer at him for writing in in Roman rather than Arabic letters.

Loser.

And I bet he has a tiny penis.

Undertoad;745670 wrote:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Al+Futaisi&hl=en&ll=24.337869,54.328594&spn=0.061937,0.069265&sll=24.481915,54.359665&sspn=0.059913,0.069265&t=h&z=14

What is this line around the edge of the island and going around the H and A? Is that a road?

He has some crazy toys. He likes huge cars, so he has them custom built for him to scale. He's got a big Jeep and a big truck, and a big Range Rover, and a mobile home trailer in the shape of the Earth.

CaliforniaMama;745837 wrote:

What is this line around the edge of the island and going around the H and A? Is that a road?

Yeh - There is a HUGE Castle way up north.

glatt;745839 wrote:

He has some crazy toys. He likes huge cars, so he has them custom built for him to scale. He's got a big Jeep and a big truck, and a big Range Rover, and a mobile home trailer in the shape of the Earth.

Yes, definitely micro-penis. LIke a baby's pinky.

glatt;745839 wrote:

He has some crazy toys. He likes huge cars, so he has them custom built for him to scale. He's got a big Jeep and a big truck, and a big Range Rover, and a mobile home trailer in the shape of the Earth.

You left out his very own pyramid !

Undertoad;745670 wrote:

And they wrote it upside down.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Al+Futaisi&hl=en&ll=24.337869,54.328594&spn=0.061937,0.069265&sll=24.481915,54.359665&sspn=0.059913,0.069265&t=h&z=14

in space, there is no up.

I also sneer at him for writing in in Roman rather than Arabic letters.

Turns out his choice of font was very important.

Ari Al Sans-serif was his grandfather.

BigV;745984 wrote:

in space, there is no up.

So when you "throw up" you're actually throwing.... out?

ZenGum;746029 wrote:

Turns out his choice of font was very important.

Ari Al Sans-serif was his grandfather.

Tap tap. Is this thing working?


Ah, screw you guys, I'm going home. :p:

I'd be tempted to call photoshop but it is there on google maps. Quite funny how it is at different stages of completion at different zooms.

And lets face it, if we had THAT kind of money, we all would...

I believe that originally it was all supposed to fill with water, but that didn't work out so well.

classicman;746289 wrote:

I believe that originally it was all supposed to fill with water, but that didn't work out so well.

He skimped on buying a level.

ogwen69;746280 wrote:

And lets face it, if we had THAT kind of money, we all would...

Hell no I wouldn't have!
I'd have built something useful in that spot. Like a heat-lamp store, or a flea circus, perhaps a spray tanning salon.

If I had that kind of money:

Well, about 49% of the population would just make a giant dick.

:lol2: at the timing!!!!

:lol: nice