Originally published at: How engineers fixed the Leaning Tower of Pisa - Boing Boing
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Don’t forget the efforts of countless tourists who have all been pitching in a hand over the decades.
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Just have everything else in town, including the people, lean at the same angle.
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Especially this guy:
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This would’ve all been much simpler if they’d just let Ronald Hamburger get involved.
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I felt kind of silly doing that with my cousins when I visited but the law is the law.
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pics or it didnt happen
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I was the one taking the picture when my then-young Italian cousin was doing the posing so I’m not going to post it, but trust me that it looked pretty much the same as the thousands (millions?) of similar pictures out there.
It’s just a silly ritual everyone does when they visit, like rubbing the snout of Il Porcellino for luck when you’re in Florence.
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How was licking the blarney stone?
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Unhygenic.
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You gotta really deep tongue that thing if you want the blessing to take. It’s a slutty, slutty rock.
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It is a lovely statue; even as a copy of a copy. That snout was just made for buffing.
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It worked. Did it when I was about 7 on a visit from London, mam and dad swore it definitely increased my inability to shut the fuck up 
(though they may have phrased it more delicately to me…)
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Made me think of ISIHAC Helpful advice for tourists.
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My favorite part about Pisa wasn’t the tower, but the near by church that still had its walls lined with art. It was really remarkable.
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“The tower”? There’s more than one, you know.
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Aw, come one, when someone says “THE” tower of Pisa, it is the most famous one.
There were 7 buildings at the World Trade Center, but when someone says they visited “The World Trade Center” back then, they went to see the only two who mattered.
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Came here for this Oglaf reference, was not disappointed.
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