I guess some Frenchmen are brave after all

AztecWarrior · 2004-12-25, 03:35 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...t_041225183033

AFP
French 'spiderman' mounts world's tallest building

TAIPEI (AFP) - Frenchman Alain Robert defied bad weather to set a personal record by climbing the world's tallest building, Taipei 101, in four hours.

Robert, dubbed the "French Spiderman" for climbing skyscrapers, set off for Taipei 101 around 10:00 am (0200 GMT) as light rain fell and strong winds lashed the building on the Christmas day.

"This is so amazing," Robert exclaimed before taking on the final 60-meter (yard) top of the building.

He reached the top of the 508-meter (1,676 feet) building shortly before 2:00 pm and waved to hundreds of people cheering and applauding on the ground.

Robert has left his prints on many of the world's landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Empire State Building in New York, the Sydney Opera House and the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

Taipei's skyline became home to the world's tallest building on October 17 when the 101-storey tower was topped out.

The skyscraper will be completed at the end of this month and will open to the public in the first quarter of 2005.

The structure, Taiwan's largest engineering project yet, cost 58 billion Taiwan dollars (1.8 billion US). It was financed by the Taipei Financial Center Corp., which includes China Development Industrial Bank and Cathay life Insurance Co.

Last year a five-storey shopping mall featuring brand-name fashion houses opened at the base of the skyscraper.
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Whoa.

This brings the "Frenchmen with functioning testes" count to six.

-Napoleon
-Jean Alesi
-Costeau
-This guy
-That Frenchie who had the rocket glider jetpack
-Charles de Gaulle

OfaLoaf · 2004-12-25, 04:38 PM

Charlemange, or however you spell it? What about him? Or that Prime Minister during WWI? He wanted to screw up Germany more than anybody else.

martyr · 2004-12-25, 05:15 PM

http://www.funadventure.com/members/...uk/1-photo.htm

Angel_of_Death · 2004-12-25, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by OfaLoaf

Charlemange, or however you spell it? What about him? Or that Prime Minister during WWI? He wanted to screw up Germany more than anybody else.

There were a lot besides Charlemagne, and it's kind of dumb how we stereotype French as being pussies after a few recent events.

Squeeky · 2004-12-25, 05:47 PM

That's pure stupidity.

Baneblade · 2004-12-25, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by Angel_of_Death

There were a lot besides Charlemagne, and it's kind of dumb how we stereotype French as being pussies after a few recent events.

Yeah, and not all Americans are imperialists intent on taking over the world.

DaShiznit · 2004-12-25, 05:59 PM

Wow. Nice.

Sputty · 2004-12-25, 07:45 PM

If anyone gets annoyed at the frenchmen "joke"(quotations because it's overdone and no longer funny) just mock mexicans, cubans and them immigrating into the US

TotalBiscuit · 2004-12-25, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

Yeah, and not all Americans are imperialists intent on taking over the world.

Yep, 49% of them didn't want to

TB.

Baneblade · 2004-12-26, 02:19 PM

Ha, is ignorance still bliss?

TotalBiscuit · 2004-12-26, 03:04 PM

Well thank god you left me off ignore so I can learn from the master.

TB.

Baneblade · 2004-12-26, 07:04 PM

I claim no such title. But if you insist on being my bitch, I'm okay with it.

TotalBiscuit · 2004-12-26, 07:07 PM

Well if you insist on having that delusion, I'm cool with that. Comedy gold like this could only possibly come from a Markov player

TB.

Baneblade · 2004-12-26, 07:11 PM

Dude, you really don't pay attention in class. Flaming based on servers is so Trolling 101, get to Trolling 104 already, you might still turn out to be decent at it.

TotalBiscuit · 2004-12-26, 07:12 PM

Is that Yank speak for 'Help I'm running out of retorts'?

TB.