Some folks with too much money in their pockets are throwing some of it into the sea. Like some billionaire’s wishing well project. They’re not throwing in pennies. They’re throwing in an un-naturally large island. Billed as the world’s most ambitious engineering project, some crazy cats are building a resort in Dubai in the shape of a palm tree. Using 80 billion cubic metres of stuff thrown into the sea near the coast. That’s ‘stuff’ with more volume than China’s annual egg consumption.
That’s not enough for one guy though. He’s getting another resort built, with dwellings placed to spell out a line of poetry that he wrote. Is this some vain attempt at becoming immortal? The last efforts of a powerful man to leave his mark on the world? Maybe it is some kind of modern day pyramid of Giza. Which is nicel if you’re filthy rich.
For everyone who isn’t, I reckon we could all make our own little bit of immortality – a present to future generations. Without having to be billionaires. All we do is get a brick sized chunk of marble each, write our name on it, and send it to the 21st Century Pyramid Project (TFCPP) with 200 GBP. Then the TFCPP build an enormous pyramid out of the stones, and our names will be immortalised. For a few thousand years at least. On the cheap. If anyone is interested in providing some stones, send me a mail, and I’ll set up the TFCPP.