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Cave of Unforgotten Dreams

did you know that there’s a giant cavern underneath the Lincoln Memorial, filled with stalactites and stalagmites???????

how do we know this?  somehow, someway, when wees was a kid, we had the über-rare chance to take a tour underneath Abe’s chair, and while our memory has receded over the years (college does that to you), we have never forgotten about that tour.  we even started having crazy flashbacks when watching the fellowship run round in the Mines of Moria!!!  it’s true!!

yo, juss CHECK OUT THIS TOUR FOOTAGE FROM 1988!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! including a close-up of Mutt & Jeff drawings on a wall!!!!!!!!!!!  incredibles!!!!!!!!!!

well, we took a recent look into it and apparently tours do happen, but remain rare, if not next to impossible to take.  we’re sure 9/11 made it even more impossiblerer!!!

somehow these peoples below were able to make it happen back in 2008, so there is hope!!!

here are some other people who remember taking the tour… decades ago

National Park Service’s GeoStory of the Lincoln Memorial

1961 newspaper article about the cavern

help me help you and lets finger out how we can take a tour of the basement of the Alamo Lincoln Memorial!!!  write your congresswoman today!!!!!!!

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Bin There, Done That

Least The Forks Out

to

Osama bin Mohammed

‘bargain’

bin Awad bin Laden

1957 – 2011

what a f#%king jerk-off

goodbye forever a$$face

Bert is evil!

Osama used a Razor Gator [YTMND]

Rebecca Black – Friday vs. Osama Bin Laden On 9/11 – mashup

5/1/11

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Over-Reactoring

totally 5got to ‘celebrate’ our mos flavorite nuclear disaster of balls thyme: Chernobyl.  can’t believe it’s only been 25 years since that horrible sh$t went down.  feels like a zillion years, donut?

one of our crazy goals in life is to one day visit Chernobyl and Prypiat, the abandoned neighboring town that housed the nuclear plant’s workers.  yes, VISIT!!!!!  yes, people can and do - FAQ: I want to tour Chernobyl. How do I get there?

we jealous of these Plan C artist people, who were captivated by the never ridden merry-go-round ride in Prypiat’s amusement park and took scrap metal from the area and created a new ride that resides in Manchester England!

Plan C’s flickr page

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Undiscovered Chernobyl

Chernobyl – before and after the disaster

The Big Picture – Chernobyl disaster

CNN – Nuclear Ghost Town (video)

& an oldie, yet still a goodie: Lost City of Chernobyl

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