Next is the Pyramids, which everyone should recognize; they still exist in Egypt and some are over 4,000 years old. They are the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still intact.
Finally is the Tower of Babel. This tower was mentioned in the Bible as the tower from where people tried to defy God by reaching heaven (in the plain meaning, anyway). The name comes from the Hebrew "balal", "confuse", because as punishment God caused everyone to speak different languages.
One last thing: the "Russian Glass" game, where one of the glasses is poisoned, resonates with a similar game called "Russian Roulette". A six-bullet gun is loaded with a single bullet, then the barrel is spun. The poor sod raising the gun to his head has no idea if he'll open his eyes or not.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
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