Fat tyre shoots "Big Ben"

[Guest]

My defining moment from a brief trip to London last week.

 

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[NannyFerret]

I really like this. It shows a nice side of today's youth

. Nice one, Bill.

[ChrisLumix]

 

 

I think it's hilarious. "Synchronised cycle-tourism"!

[jeremy rundle]

Never been able to see big ben, it is the bell, the clock is the "great Westminster Clock" not Big Ben

[FUJI]

Never been able to see big ben, it is the bell, the clock is the "great Westminster Clock" not Big Ben

NAH!

BIG BEN...........is that guy who sells Hot-Dogs outside St Pancreas Station.

FUJI

[Guest]

Never been able to see big ben, it is the bell, the clock is the "great Westminster Clock" not Big Ben

"Big Ben" is what the tourists usually  call the clock tower which, if it is given a name, is usually known as St Stephen's Tower (but that in fact is a smaller tower elsewhere in the building) and is correctly called The Elizabeth Tower.

[ChrisLumix]

"Big Ben" is what the tourists usually  call the clock tower which, if it is given a name, is usually known as St Stephen's Tower (but that in fact is a smaller tower elsewhere in the building) and is correctly called The Elizabeth Tower.

 

It's just one of those things. 'Big Ben' is what people call the clock tower (or rather, the clock part of it), so Big Ben it is. It's like The Flying Scotsman - originally that was a train service, but the particular loco came to be called it and the name stuck.

[Kobione]

Love it!!