Building Melts Car

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Posted by Unknown on Monday September 2, 2013 @04:47PM from the when-buildings-attack dept.

eionmac writes "A new London skyscraper dubbed the 'Walkie Talkie' has been blamed for reflecting light which melted parts of a car parked on a nearby street."

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I'm melting! I'm melting! by kervin · 2013-09-02 16:51 · Score: 5, Funny

What a world... what a world...
1. Re:I'm melting! I'm melting! by Cryacin · 2013-09-02 22:29 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Eat that mythbusters! Archimedes was right! (Now all we need is to sail a trireme in to Fenchurch St somehow...)
  
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No! by puddingebola · 2013-09-02 17:04 · Score: 4, Funny

Dammit, I told them to angle the mirrored glass like I said! Parliament should be in flames and now the authorities have been alerted. They've failed me for the last time!
1. Re:No! by Tarlus · 2013-09-02 17:38 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Remember, remember
  The Second of September
  The Walkie-Talkie Building Parabolic Reflection
  And plot
  
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Must be a hoax by scsirob · 2013-09-02 17:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Can't be. This is supposed to have happened in the UK, where there are only vague rumours that there's such an entity as the sun.
In the UK, the Sun is flat, made of paper and ink, and would definitely melt people's character if it gets a chance.

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Weather patterns by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-02 18:54 · Score: 0, Funny

Obviously the engineers failed to factor in the 2 days of sunshine in London every year.
Re:Crikey by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-02 22:26 · Score: 3, Funny

Decades ago, my parents were on a trip with us children in England. It was a seminal drive where my sister terminally established "I get a window seat because I'm getting sick otherwise": we brothers just managed to hand her through to the next window before she exploded barf all over the side of the car and the outside. A few hundred yards onwards my father stopped the car and we started cleaning it up, reverting to sage and other grasses and herbs on the side.
That's when a pair of British pedestrians strolled past us, greeting us with a friendly smile. Which was kind of really embarrassing since the gentleman had barf all over his side. I don't think that there are many countries where you can get that kind of reaction: you are almost certain to get a lot of rage and yelling. Never mind that there rarely is a lot of deliberation involved when children happen to vomit.
"Crikey, that's awful" reminded me of that.
Re:Don't build big *concave* glass buildings by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-02 22:28 · Score: 2, Funny

Seriously? Oh my.
This guy just wants to watch the world burn. Literally.
Re:Happened in L.A., too... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-02 23:00 · Score: 5, Funny

The Captcha probably referred to your spelling. ;-)
A variant of...... by PaulJames · 2013-09-02 23:30 · Score: 3, Funny

(London) Shards with frickin lazors
Re:Talk about a sensationalist headline by oursland · 2013-09-02 23:36 · Score: 4, Funny

Next time someone says they were "burned" by something, I expect to a photo of the entire person converted to ashes. Seriously.