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GulfCoast66

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35. The Great Wall is very impressive when standing on it.

Reply to TrollBuster9090 (Original post)

Tue Jan 8, 2019, 09:52 PM

Jan 2019

And is the largest example of human vanity. It did not work.

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Want To See The Most Expensive Wall In History? [View all] TrollBuster9090 Jan 2019 OP

But you have to admit it's beautiful! lunatica Jan 2019 #1

Okay, listen up, Mongolia! We're building a wall, and YOU'RE PAYING for it. TrollBuster9090 Jan 2019 #2

"THE" ancient, historical testiment to a STUPID, failing idea. pdsimdars Jan 2019 #21

Beautiful, but not BIG or TALL enough for Trumpy... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2019 #3

Maybe not, but I bet there weren't a lot of Mexicans that made it over it. n/t OnlinePoker Jan 2019 #11

yeah, but how many *mexicans* are there in china, huh? *huh*?? unblock Jan 2019 #4

Geez, hard to refute that point! True Dough Jan 2019 #5

Exactly! Just line St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland! Proof! nt TrollBuster9090 Jan 2019 #8

Well, have to admit, you got us there. brush Jan 2019 #10

First tell me how to get to Xanadu................. akraven Jan 2019 #6

Xanadu? You mean the 'Winter White House' of Kublai Khan? Haha! nt TrollBuster9090 Jan 2019 #7

Well, at least we're not bobbing up and down with our kids in the pond akraven Jan 2019 #9

I guess when you asked how to get to Xanadu, I could have said this? ;) TrollBuster9090 Jan 2019 #14

LOVE IT! akraven Jan 2019 #15

This had to homegirl Jan 2019 #23

It is the only man made object visible at140 Jan 2019 #12

I don't know why Schumer and Pelosi never mention this. "How'd that wall work out..." TrollBuster9090 Jan 2019 #13

Because their "base" doesn't know how to read. Or if they do, what they read doesn't sink in. akraven Jan 2019 #16

There should be room for Rush on it Capperdan Jan 2019 #37

It's not visible from even low earth orbit without magnification... LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #19

Visible from low Earth orbit but ThoughtCriminal Jan 2019 #34

It's shadow might sometimes be visible, but it is not wide enough to discern without magnification. LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #36

And how did the Manchurians get in? mwooldri Jan 2019 #17

+1 Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #29

I was standing on that wall 3 years ago thinking it was very impressive. GulfCoast66 Jan 2019 #18

"built to distract the population" FuzzyRabbit Jan 2019 #24

My point. GulfCoast66 Jan 2019 #26

Walls are not invasion proof! at140 Jan 2019 #25

+1 very insightful. Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #31

Humpty had a wall alas not so Trumpy. gordianot Jan 2019 #20

Donald J. Trump's Great Wall of Mexico... catbyte Jan 2019 #22

Was that 500,000 soldiers and 500,000 conscripts ..... Hotler Jan 2019 #27

Next do the Maginot Line sharedvalues Jan 2019 #28

Or Hitler's Atlantic Wall sharedvalues Jan 2019 #30

Walls are meant to be breeched and flanked. Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #32

Trump said it was only 4 feet tall nt doc03 Jan 2019 #33

The Great Wall is very impressive when standing on it. GulfCoast66 Jan 2019 #35