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    When will the Swiss guys

    ...stop to drill holes into everything??? First it's cheese, now mountains

    The world's longest and deepest rail tunnel has officially opened in Switzerland, after almost two decades of construction work.

    The 57km (35-mile) twin-bore Gotthard base tunnel will provide a high-speed rail link under the Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe.

    Switzerland says it will revolutionise European freight transport.

    Goods currently carried on the route by a million lorries a year will go by train instead.

    The tunnel has overtaken Japan's 53.9km Seikan rail tunnel as the longest in the world and pushed the 50.5km Channel Tunnel linking the UK and France into third place.
    (...)

    Full: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36423250


    Rumour has it they used this as their main tool:
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    And probably drank this during breaks.

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    • #3
      I learned yesterday the longest tunnel in the world was in the US. It's an aqueduct, not a rail tunnel, though.
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      • #4
        Heheh, "Gotthard."

        Incidentally, I'm pretty sure no drills are involved in the making of Swiss cheese. The holes are gas bubbles caused by microbe farts or something.
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        • #5
          I do believe that's the first double entendre I've read by Elok.

          Luckily he made up for it by correcting BeBro's joke

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          • #6
            Actually, the tunnels appeared September 10, 2008, when the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was turned on. It took 7 years to remove the morlocks and trolls.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by ricketyclik View Post
              I do believe that's the first double entendre I've read by Elok.
              He came close in psuedo-german in a certain someone's embarrassing drunk thread recently, now gone, gone on ahead to prepare the way for Groundhog's day - I was a little surprised to see teh Elok go there, and he did it so well, too.
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              • #8
                Switzerland says it will revolutionise European freight transport.
                That seems like an overstatement

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                • #9
                  Dunno if it's truly revolutionary, but from what I've read it seems to be a quite big deal, since even today the Alps are quite an obstacle for traffic/trade, with the few roads/passes/tunnels being the bottlenecks (which is improving a lot with this new tunnel).
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                  • #10
                    Pft. Can it be that bad if Hannibal got an army of elephants through the Alps?
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by BeBro View Post
                      ...stop to drill holes into everything??? First it's cheese, now mountains


                      Rumour has it they used this as their main tool:
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                      The new version from Victorinox has a laser level that multi-tasks for putting holes in teh cheese.
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                      • #12
                        And no-one thought to link to a picture of the opening ceremony?

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                        • #13
                          I thought this is from Life of Brian
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                            The tunnel's official grand opening ceremonies have happened, and they appear to be every bit as weird as any Polytubby might have imagined...

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                            Full story:
                            The bizarre party to open world's longest rail tunnel in Switzerland
                            http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3620446/A-winged-baby-semi-naked-dancers-man-bird-s-nest-head-Switzerland-decided-mark-opening-world-s-longest-rail-tunnel.html
                            The Swiss have put on one of the most bizarre opening ceremonies in history to mark the completion of the world's longest tunnel at a fairground in Erstfeld, in the north of the country.
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                            • #15
                              They seem to love these kinds of ehm...performances these days.

                              Has anybody seen what they did for the 100 Yrs Battle of Verdun commemorations just a short time ago?

                              Pulling and pushing each other, arms locked in mock combat, 4,000 young people from France and Germany created a tribute Sunday to the soldiers who fought at Verdun during World War I.

                              After running through the woods to appear on a green field, the young people - indecipherable by country and dressed in colourful T-shirts - lined up against one another and engaged in mock struggles to a fast-paced drumbeat, before freezing and collapsing when a figure symbolizing death appeared.

                              The production was performed in front of French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Battle of Verdun - one of the longest, and bloodiest battles of the war.
                              Full: http://www.dpa-international.com/new...-49464616.html

                              While the basic idea is not as outlandish it felt rather strange when I saw a bit of it on TV.
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