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FLPanhandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 05:51 PM
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Want to see who is happy about US gas guzzlers?
http://officespam.chattablogs.com/archives/2007/11/the-house-oil-b.html

The House Oil Built.

Take a look at these photos....
Also, in case your're wondering where this hotel is, it isn't a hotel at all.
IT IS A HOUSE!
It's owned by the family of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the former president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu-Dhabi.







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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 05:55 PM
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1. Hell, you'd need an SUV just to get to the nearest BATHROOM in a place like that.
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LuvNewcastle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 05:55 PM
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2. That makes me sick to my stomach.
It's like eating too much candy.
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Mist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 05:57 PM
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3. Well, gotta put all those wives and kids somewhere... nt
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FLPanhandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 06:04 PM
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4. How would you find them?
I'm sometimes wandering around our little place looking for my wife. No wonder they marry so many. You lose half of them in your house.
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Mist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 07:01 PM
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15. Hmmm, palace flunkies driving golf carts with GPS ferrying everyone about? nt
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firehorse Donating Member (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 06:04 PM
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5. Amazing..and perfect example of what uber rich really looks like.
Hard to fathom and so disgusting.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 06:11 PM
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6. I just get such an empty feeling from this. It seems as
though they're trying to fill some big hole in their hearts.
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Gruenemann Donating Member (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 06:16 PM
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7. FAKE. It's the Emirates Palace Hotel in Dubai
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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 06:17 PM
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8. +1
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BOG PERSON Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 06:43 PM
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13. lol
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 06:20 PM
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9. I told some friends of mine I'm buying a Ford hybrid. Their reaction?
Edited on Tue Jun-07-11 06:24 PM by Initech
They told me I should get a Dodge RAM or cadillac Escalade. Me - no way in hell could I afford the gas on those things.

I should also mention they work for an oil refinery so that meant job security. I explained to them its the opposite - by buying a hybrid I'm helping to conserve what's left of our oil so that means it'll stretch out our supply more.
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MikeW Donating Member (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 06:21 PM
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10. check your facts ... its a hotel .. for real
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FLPanhandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 06:36 PM
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12. Trusted the link
Stupid of me.
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 06:32 PM
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11. Am I Supposed To Be Pissed Off?
If we're stupid enough to consume that much of the resource supply, why shouldn't the people who were born on that land and manage it get to benefit?
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 06:44 PM
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14. It's a hotel, not a house
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 07:04 PM
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16. Drill baby drill.
:sarcasm:
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