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Willis Tower - What the Hell!!??

Started by SSOWorld, July 16, 2009, 10:36:26 AM

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SSOWorld

July 16, 2009, 10:36:26 AM  
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-07-16-sears_N.htm

Naming rights all over again - the Chicago skyscraper's name was changed through a deal with it's newest and biggest client. Though I'll always remember it as Sears Tower.

A Skydeck visit will never be the same - especially the side-show videos they show prior to one's ascent.
Scott O.

Not all who wander are lost...
Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
Raise your what?

Wisconsin - out-multiplexing your state since 1918.

Chris

#1
July 16, 2009, 10:38:56 AM  
Yeah, it will be weird for Chicagoans and others... Sears is wellknown all over the world. I have heard about this a few months ago for the first time.

US71

#2
July 16, 2009, 10:53:50 AM  
No one will call it Willis Tower. "Big Willie", maybe.  :)
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Coelacanth

#3
July 16, 2009, 10:58:50 AM  
Whatchoo talkin' bout?

njroadhorse

#4
July 16, 2009, 11:06:07 AM  
That is one of the dumbest things I've heard in a while.  What's next, will the Chrysler Building become the Toyota Building or something?  :banghead:
NJ Roads FTW!
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 30, 2009, 04:04:11 PM
I-99... the Glen Quagmire of interstate routes??

Chris

#5
July 16, 2009, 11:20:38 AM  
Quote from: Coelacanth on July 16, 2009, 10:58:50 AM
Whatchoo talkin' bout?

The Sears Tower in Chicago (one of the tallest buildings in the world) has been renamed to Willis Tower, due to a new occupant.

mightyace

#6
July 16, 2009, 11:36:29 AM  
Maybe they can film the next Die Hard movie there?  :) :sombrero:
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njroadhorse

#7
July 16, 2009, 11:39:00 AM  
Quote from: Chris on July 16, 2009, 11:20:38 AM
Quote from: Coelacanth on July 16, 2009, 10:58:50 AM
Whatchoo talkin' bout?

The Sears Tower in Chicago (one of the tallest buildings in the world) has been renamed to Willis Tower, due to a new occupant.
That's from a show, and the famous line was, "Whatchoo talkin' bout, Willis?"
NJ Roads FTW!
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 30, 2009, 04:04:11 PM
I-99... the Glen Quagmire of interstate routes??

mightyace

#8
July 16, 2009, 11:40:15 AM   Last Edit: July 16, 2009, 11:42:26 AM by mightyace
Quote from: njroadhorse on July 16, 2009, 11:39:00 AM
Quote from: Chris on July 16, 2009, 11:20:38 AM
Quote from: Coelacanth on July 16, 2009, 10:58:50 AM
Whatchoo talkin' bout?

The Sears Tower in Chicago (one of the tallest buildings in the world) has been renamed to Willis Tower, due to a new occupant.
That's from a show, and the famous line was, "Whatchoo talkin' bout, Willis?"

The show was Different Strokes.  See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077003/
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agentsteel53

#9
July 16, 2009, 02:00:36 PM  
could be worse.  at least it isn't called the AIG Tower.
live from sunny San Diego.

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Chris

#10
July 16, 2009, 02:01:46 PM  

Quote from: njroadhorseThat's from a show, and the famous line was, "Whatchoo talkin' bout, Willis?"

Quote from: mightyace
The show was Different Strokes.  See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077003/

I see. I'm not too well-known with American TV shows from the 1970's.  :-D

njroadhorse

#11
July 16, 2009, 02:50:17 PM  
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 16, 2009, 02:00:36 PM
could be worse.  at least it isn't called the AIG Tower.
I would seriously hurt someone if it was. :-/
NJ Roads FTW!
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 30, 2009, 04:04:11 PM
I-99... the Glen Quagmire of interstate routes??

Chris

#12
July 16, 2009, 02:58:39 PM  
^^ What if some Dubai investment group took it over?  :)

Al Muraqqabat tower or something  :ded:

City

#13
July 17, 2009, 02:10:29 PM  
Willis Tower!?  :wow: It's like renaming every last thing in the world!  :ded:

What next? North Dakota and South Dakota becoming Dakota!?  :-P

~City

Stephane Dumas

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July 17, 2009, 08:57:50 PM   Last Edit: July 17, 2009, 08:59:33 PM by Stephane Dumas
Quote from: City on July 17, 2009, 02:10:29 PM
Willis Tower!?  :wow: It's like renaming every last thing in the world!  :ded:

What next? North Dakota and South Dakota becoming Dakota!?  :-P

~City

or others things like:
-New Jersey cease to exist and is scinded in parts between NYS and PA
-Upper Peninsula left Michigan for Wisconsin :sombrero: :rolleyes: :spin:

Edit: Coleman Young airport is renamed Jerome Kavanagh airport  :spin:

SSOWorld

#15
July 17, 2009, 10:03:32 PM  
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on July 17, 2009, 08:57:50 PM
-Upper Peninsula left Michigan for Wisconsin :sombrero: :rolleyes: :spin:
That would be funny - since it was Michigan that stole it from Wisconsin to begin with  :-P :colorful: :spin:
Scott O.

Not all who wander are lost...
Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
Raise your what?

Wisconsin - out-multiplexing your state since 1918.

florida

#16
July 18, 2009, 01:44:33 AM  
Quote from: Master son on July 17, 2009, 10:03:32 PM
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on July 17, 2009, 08:57:50 PM
-Upper Peninsula left Michigan for Wisconsin :sombrero: :rolleyes: :spin:
That would be funny - since it was Michigan that stole it from Wisconsin to begin with  :-P :colorful: :spin:

It doesn't even mesh with "the hand" of Michigan. Give it back and let it be a spur of Wisconsin.  :nod:
So many roads...so little time.

PAHighways

#17
July 19, 2009, 03:20:09 PM  
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on July 17, 2009, 08:57:50 PMor others things like:
-New Jersey cease to exist and is scinded in parts between NYS and PA

It already has in terms of TV markets.

SidS1045

#18
July 20, 2009, 02:25:48 PM  
The new name will probably take hold about as well as Avenue of the Americas or the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge.
"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." - Edward R. Murrow

florida

#19
July 20, 2009, 02:48:34 PM  
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on July 17, 2009, 08:57:50 PM




or others things like:
-New Jersey cease to exist and is scinded in parts between NYS and PA


Yay! PA will finally get some beachfront property.
So many roads...so little time.

agentsteel53

#20
July 20, 2009, 03:07:43 PM  
no, North Dakota and South Dakota will be both be absorbed through merger by the ever-expanding Bank of America.
live from sunny San Diego.

http://shields.aaroads.com

jake@aaroads.com

Stephane Dumas

#21
July 20, 2009, 07:03:16 PM  
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 20, 2009, 03:07:43 PM
no, North Dakota and South Dakota will be both be absorbed through merger by the ever-expanding Bank of America.

I taught there was annexed to Canada  :rolleyes:

mightyace

#22
July 21, 2009, 12:57:39 AM  
Quote from: florida on July 20, 2009, 02:48:34 PM
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on July 17, 2009, 08:57:50 PM




or others things like:
-New Jersey cease to exist and is scinded in parts between NYS and PA


Yay! PA will finally get some beachfront property.

You mean ocean beachfront property.  PA has had Lake Erie coast for over 200 years.  :sombrero:
My Flickr Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mightyace

I'm out of this F***KING PLACE!

florida

#23
July 21, 2009, 01:16:12 AM  
Quote from: mightyace on July 21, 2009, 12:57:39 AM
Quote from: florida on July 20, 2009, 02:48:34 PM
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on July 17, 2009, 08:57:50 PM




or others things like:
-New Jersey cease to exist and is scinded in parts between NYS and PA


Yay! PA will finally get some beachfront property.

You mean ocean beachfront property.  PA has had Lake Erie coast for over 200 years.  :sombrero:

Lake Erie doesn't count. That's lakefront property, it's freshwater, no?  ;-)
So many roads...so little time.

mightyace

#24
July 21, 2009, 01:27:35 AM  
Quote from: florida on July 21, 2009, 01:16:12 AM
Quote from: mightyace on July 21, 2009, 12:57:39 AM
Quote from: florida on July 20, 2009, 02:48:34 PM
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on July 17, 2009, 08:57:50 PM




or others things like:
-New Jersey cease to exist and is scinded in parts between NYS and PA


Yay! PA will finally get some beachfront property.

You mean ocean beachfront property.  PA has had Lake Erie coast for over 200 years.  :sombrero:

Lake Erie doesn't count. That's lakefront property, it's freshwater, no?  ;-)

Well, it isn't salt water.  But, calling it fresh might be a bit of the stretch!  :-D

I guess the reference to beachfront property comes from my Ohio days.  Northeastern Ohioans like to think of themselves as on "The North Coast."  And, swimming areas along Lake Erie are called beaches.  :poke:
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I'm out of this F***KING PLACE!
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