Europe Just a few more bongs for Big Ben

[Wingnut]

I Never knew he toked?  That must be why England swings like a pendulum do.


LONDON — So it has come to pass that the Keeper of the Great Clock announced Monday that London’s Big Ben hour bell will be silenced for four long years as desperately needed repairs are carried out on the 158-year-old timepiece, a masterwork of Victorian ingenuity and an enduring British icon.

Londoners were not happy to hear the news, and there was lament on Twitter, with many recalling how the hourly bongs of Big Ben serve as a kind of base note for their lives.

“A silent Big Ben will be super eerie,” tweeted Rob, a history student at King’s College. “I could hear the chimes from my room in Euston, they’re the sound of London!”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/just-a-few-more-bongs-for-big-ben-before-london-bell-is-silenced-for-four-years/2017/08/14/b61c59f2-80ef-11e7-902a-2a9f2d808496_story.html?utm_term=.a6122db53e70

[RoosGirl]

[Smokin Joe]

I had envisioned an hourly snurkle snurkle snurkle psssssht sound...

[Fishrrman]

From the article:
“A silent Big Ben will be super eerie,” tweeted Rob, a history student at King’s College. “I could hear the chimes from my room in Euston, they’re the sound of London!”

Not to worry.
In twenty more years you'll be listening to muslim calls for prayer from loudspeakers all over the city...

[dfwgator]

"My cousin is gay, he went to London, he was very disappointed....he found out Big Ben was a clock." - Rodney Dangerfield.

[Wingnut]

From the article:
“A silent Big Ben will be super eerie,” tweeted Rob, a history student at King’s College. “I could hear the chimes from my room in Euston, they’re the sound of London!”

Not to worry.
In twenty more years you'll be listening to muslim calls for prayer from loudspeakers all over the city...

Nice one Fish!   

[GtHawk]

I Never knew he toked?  That must be why England swings like a pendulum do.


LONDON — So it has come to pass that the Keeper of the Great Clock announced Monday that London’s Big Ben hour bell will be silenced for four long years as desperately needed repairs are carried out on the 158-year-old timepiece, a masterwork of Victorian ingenuity and an enduring British icon.

Londoners were not happy to hear the news, and there was lament on Twitter, with many recalling how the hourly bongs of Big Ben serve as a kind of base note for their lives.

“A silent Big Ben will be super eerie,” tweeted Rob, a history student at King’s College. “I could hear the chimes from my room in Euston, they’re the sound of London!”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/just-a-few-more-bongs-for-big-ben-before-london-bell-is-silenced-for-four-years/2017/08/14/b61c59f2-80ef-11e7-902a-2a9f2d808496_story.html?utm_term=.a6122db53e70

If ya say it, ya gotta play it!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDCpNb7wcNE

[Suppressed]

"My cousin is gay, he went to London, he was very disappointed....he found out Big Ben was a clock." - Rodney Dangerfield.

It's actually a bell.

[EC]

It's actually a bell.

Thank you. 

It's the nickname of the Great Bell. Not the clock. Not the tower, which was simply called Clock Tower from 1859 until 2012, when the name was changed by an act of Parliament to the Elizabeth Tower, in celebration of herself's Diamond Jubilee.

The clock itself has only broken down once - in 1976. 

[corbe]

Thank you. 

It's the nickname of the Great Bell. Not the clock. Not the tower, which was simply called Clock Tower from 1859 until 2012, when the name was changed by an act of Parliament to the Elizabeth Tower, in celebration of herself's Diamond Jubilee.

The clock itself has only broken down once - in 1976. 

   I remember that, @EC We sent Carter over there to clean your Clock, too.

[Suppressed]

Thank you. 

   Just a little peeve of mine.  ^-^

[Wingnut]

The clock itself has only broken down once - in 1976. 

A broken heart over anniversary of the loss of a child.  Sniff Sniff