Olympic water cube opens as water park

Posted Thursday, August 12, 2010 4:24 PM | Contributed by Jeff

Beijing’s famous Water Cube, or National Aquatics Center, the place where two dozen world records were set during the 2008 Summer Olympics (and where swimming sensation Michael Phelps landed eight gold medals) has been converted into a water park -- or at least half of it has.

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robotfactory

Thursday, August 12, 2010 7:54 PM
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“Happy Magic Water Cube, Beijing Water Cube Water Park”

Super happy fun times to be having there. Splash with waters, smiles with fiends!


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Tekwardo

Thursday, August 12, 2010 8:01 PM
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Yeah as soon as I saw that I smiled.

I think there is a severe lack of super happy magic stuff in the states.


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LostKause

Friday, August 13, 2010 12:42 AM
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:)


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Mike Gallagher

Friday, August 13, 2010 1:01 AM

robotfactory said:


Super happy fun times to be having there. Splash with waters, smiles with fiends!

MMMMMM...FIENDS! No FRIENDS!!!


The amusement park rises bold and stark..kids are huddled on the beach in a mist

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ApolloAndy

Friday, August 13, 2010 2:51 PM
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As the token Chinese guy, I approve of all super, magic, and happy things.


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Calvin: "If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun."

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wahoo skipper

Friday, August 13, 2010 2:57 PM

That is a darn good idea. So many of these Olympic venues become monuments to excess. I wonder if this was the plan from the outset? I have to think it was considering how quickly it got done.

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Tekwardo

Friday, August 13, 2010 3:21 PM
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Andy, I thought you were Texan?

Wahoo, I can't remember exactly if it was this, but I know the Chinese Government wanted to do something with the watercube, and it was announced just after the olympics what it was going to be for. Not sure why only half is used, and what the other half will be.

Now I wonder what they're doing with the first (unbirds nest) stadium they built for the Olympics that they didn't use...


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Jeff

Friday, August 13, 2010 4:10 PM
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I work with a Korean Canadian with a green card. Nationalities and ethnicities are hard.


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ApolloAndy

Sunday, August 15, 2010 12:28 AM
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^^ I *live* in Texas. There's a big difference!


Hobbes: "What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do?"
Calvin: "If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun."

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Ensign Smith

Sunday, August 15, 2010 12:55 AM

What a coincidence. All my exes live down there too.

*ducks*


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Mamoosh

Sunday, August 15, 2010 1:35 AM
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Are they large women?

Last edited by Mamoosh, Sunday, August 15, 2010 1:35 AM
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Tekwardo

Sunday, August 15, 2010 1:42 AM
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Well, larger than most. Everything's bigger...

Except Andy. He didn't get any bigger.


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Mamoosh

Sunday, August 15, 2010 3:34 AM
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His family did!

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Tekwardo

Sunday, August 15, 2010 5:21 PM
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True that. :)


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ApolloAndy

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 1:29 AM
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Are you saying my wife is fat?


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Calvin: "If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun."

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