Big Ben's bongs to fall silent for £29m refurbishment next year - Polidicks

[t]http://imgkk.com/i/bllx.jpg[/t] [url]http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/26/big-ben-to-be-silenced-for-months-by-tower-and-clock-repairs[/url] [quote]Big Ben is to fall silent while urgent repair works are carried out on the Elizabeth Tower and the famous clock, the House of Commons has announced. The bell will be silenced for several months as part of a £29m programme to repair the clock faces and mechanism as well as cracks in the tower’s masonry and corrosion in the roof. The clock faces will also be given a new colour scheme, with the Commons authorities eager to reflect the original design by Augustus Pugin. The existing black and gold colouring around the clock faces was applied in the 1980s and experts from parliament’s team of conservation architects are analysing the original paint used to decorate the areas surrounding each dial. The 96-metre (315ft) Elizabeth Tower, which was completed in 1856, needs work to repair cracks in the masonry, corrosion to the cast-iron roof and belfry and the frame which holds the bells – including Big Ben. Parts of the Great Clock, which was installed in 1859, require urgent investigation and repair and many of the 312 pieces of pot opal glass used to make up each of the clock faces need to be replaced. The work, which will take three years, is expected to start in early 2017. ... During the works, a lift will also be installed as an alternative to the 334 steps to the top of the tower to improve access and safety. The lights illuminating the clock dials and belfry will be replaced by low-energy LEDs.[/quote]

How the fuck are we meant to keep time now.

[QUOTE=Holt!;50206369]How the fuck are we meant to keep time now.[/QUOTE] Theres these magical compact things called arm watches, you strap em onto your arm, and it shows you the time, it's like a miniature Big Ben, Lil' Ben!

[QUOTE=Exploders;50206401]Theres these magical compact things called arm watches, you strap em onto your arm, and it shows you the time, it's like a miniature Big Ben, Lil' Ben![/QUOTE] Pff, they'll never catch on, you can barely see the bloody thing!

[QUOTE=Exploders;50206401]Theres these magical compact things called arm watches, you strap em onto your arm, and it shows you the time, it's like a miniature Big Ben, Lil' Ben![/QUOTE] They need to make watches that unstoppably emit a deafening bong every hour

I wonder if they'll fix the coinage based calibration system for the pendulum while they're at it

Without the bongs time stands still we will be chaos

Do you not have pocket watches anymore? I figured you'd have [I]some[/I] form of time telling if your big bonger stopped it's bong. What about the grandfather bongs that stand in your house?

[QUOTE=Daemon White;50206488]Do you not have pocket watches anymore? I figured you'd have [I]some[/I] form of time telling if your big bonger stopped it's bong. What about the grandfather bongs that stand in your house?[/QUOTE] Dude when you kill the main clock all of the other ones die

Just build another big bong while this bong is under repair

[QUOTE=Killuah;50206498]Dude when you kill the main clock all of the other ones die[/QUOTE] [I]"That big one's got a mana dial![/I]"

What about that [URL="https://twitter.com/big_ben_clock?s=09"]Twitter account?[/URL]

29m just to make a fucking gong every hour; london sure has expensive tastes.

[QUOTE=shadowboy303;50206842]29m just to make a fucking gong every hour; london sure has expensive tastes.[/QUOTE] Its so Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can get the time aswell. Otherwise we rely on Sundials which don't work with our weather.

[QUOTE=dunkace;50206942]Its so Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can get the time aswell. Otherwise we rely on Sundials which don't work with our weather.[/QUOTE] Bring out those ancient magic books, and rock the sky claer of clouds

I say we Americans should refrain from clapping to show solidarity.

[QUOTE=Exploders;50207024]Bring out those ancient magic books, and rock the sky claer of clouds[/QUOTE] I dont know about rock the sky clear of clouds but we have a weather rock. Doesn't help with time though. Apart from Day or Night. [IMG]https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5289/5227130508_4392709a42_b.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=dunkace;50207041]I dont know about rock the sky clear of clouds but we have a weather rock. Doesn't help with time though. Apart from Day or Night. [IMG]https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5289/5227130508_4392709a42_b.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] It's clearly been snowing in that image yet there's no snow on the stone. They should get a £29 million refurbishment grant.

Now the clock will comply with sharia law.

$29m? Tear down the old tower and build a new one. :v:

[QUOTE=Mitsuma;50207228]$29m? Tear down the old tower and build a new one. :v:[/QUOTE] Bigger, Badder Ben.

So people won't be singing Six Bong on the streets? Time to visit London.

They got the towers name wrong, its called St Stephen's Tower.

[QUOTE=Exploders;50206401]Theres these magical compact things called arm watches, you strap em onto your arm, and it shows you the time, it's like a miniature Big Ben, Lil' Ben![/QUOTE] [thumb]http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/551c629f6da8117a7d631b9a/teslas-april-fools-joke-teases-apple-maybe-because-apple-is-developing-an-electric-car.jpg[/thumb]

za warudo

[QUOTE=uitham;50207349][thumb]http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/551c629f6da8117a7d631b9a/teslas-april-fools-joke-teases-apple-maybe-because-apple-is-developing-an-electric-car.jpg[/thumb][/QUOTE] I'd buy one, it could double as a defensive weapon and an arse scratcher, aswell as hitting that spot in your back you can never quite reach.

oh no nobody told me

[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;50206705]Just build another big bong while this bong is under repair[/QUOTE] and also make it bigger by like x3 than first ben because reasons

[QUOTE=dunkace;50207041]I dont know about rock the sky clear of clouds but we have a weather rock. Doesn't help with time though. Apart from Day or Night. [IMG]https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5289/5227130508_4392709a42_b.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] my summer camp had a much more elaborate boulder on a set of chains, these are hilarious

So what will they do with The Internet? They can't just leave that up there while they're working. They could break it.