Posted on 06/14/2009 5:40:52 AM PDT by Daffynition
SEATTLE -- A Seattle landmark has landed on a dubious list as one of the world's top five germiest attractions.
The 'gum wall' outside the Market Theater at Pike Place Market comes in at number two on the list released by TripAdvisor.
Starting in the 1990s, people would stick their gum on the wall as they waited for tickets.
The wall was scraped clean twice, but people couldn't seem to stop sticking their gum up and down the wall, and now it's a tourist attraction.
Ireland's Blarney Stone, which is kissed by up to 400,000 visitors each year, topped the list of unsanitary vacation stops.
I've never heard of it either. I've been in Seattle since 1992. I guess some things are best discovered by tourists.
Hey! What about the allah rock in Mecca? Millions of muzzies touch and kiss that filthy thing every year as well, along with a few other secret rock gods, like Al-Uza and Manat (Allah’s daughters) that are located in nearby mosk minarets
looks like a silver plated vagina to me. Everyone has their own interpretation I guess.
I guess because it's not a place where the average infidel can go. Only Devout Muzzies are allowed anywhere near the rock god temple. An infidel would probably be killed and hacked to bits if discovered anywhere near their precious allah rock.
I see they've spruced it up quite a bit from the pile of unhewn rocks with no roof that it used to be. It was more a marker and shelter around a watering hole which doubled as a rock god shrine in the days when Allah was just one- albeit the chief one- rock god among many.
so far. ;’)
You’re right, it does look like a vagina. Serious psychological issues with the artist and worshppers, apparently.
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