Do walls work? (2 Viewers)

[Henry Ford]

In here, I would like to cite examples of historic walls.  Some that work, some that didn’t, but real walls. 

I’ll start with the New Amsterdam Wall, since a reminder of it on social media is what brought this to mind.

In New Amsterdam, the Dutch built a wall approximately twelve feet high running across the island. 

Within 25 years, the British took the island by sea, renamed New Amsterdam as New York, and tore down the wall.  

That’s what used to be where Wall Street now is. 

 

[dutch]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_West_Bank_barrier

Has been effective for it's security purpose on the Israeli side but is also a containment wall akin to an Escape from New York prison.  Overall does what it was intended to do.

 

[dutch]

The Maginot Line did NOT work as hoped and is basically the joke of the wall world.  Turns out you cna go around as well as through over or under a wall.  Who knew??

 

[doolin]

If walls don't work, why do humans strive to live indoors?

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

No

 

[Don Quixote]

The Theodosian Walls were pretty successful.  Border wall should ward off any Bulgars.

 

[belljr]

If walls don't work, why do humans strive to live indoors?

So I dont freeze to death and can watch tv?

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

If walls don't work, why do humans strive to live indoors?

Roofs >>> walls

 

[The General]

Roofs >>> walls

Trump dome.

 

[doolin]

Why don't you go do some hands-on research and get back to us?

Sounds like a free handout I could have received from the Obama regime.

 

[The General]

I think the proper question is does a see through steel slat fence with anti-climbing technology work? Or even better is it a huge waste of resources?

 

[dgreen]

I assume those sound barrier walls they put between highways and neighborhoods work pretty well. They're ugly, but I assume they keep the highway sounds away from the homes.

 

[joffer]

at what?

 

[dutch]

The emotional wall I put up near the end of my marriage worked pretty well as she finally caught the hint.  

 

[timschochet]

I have a cousin who died in the Warsaw Ghetto. 

So...sometimes. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

only in the imaginations of those who believe cramming toothpaste back into tubes is a fruitful endeavor

 

[Juxtatarot]

The wall that Pink built ended up being a disaster.  Good think the judge ordered him to tear it down. 

 

[doolin]

Poor you. 

Just what the regime pushed.

 

[timschochet]

The wall that Pink built ended up being a disaster.  Good think the judge ordered him to tear it down. 

That judge was a real ####### though. 

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

The Great Wall of China kept Mongols at a distance for centuries. 

 

[Juxtatarot]

That judge was a real ####### though. 

True.  However, his sentence was reasonable.

 

[Dedfin]

I was hoping for a Henry Ford's Series on Walls™. Maybe Hadrian's Wall. GWOC of course. Pink Floyd's. Maybe Wahlburgers if you get enough patreon subs.

 

[Dedfin]

Trump dome.

Please delete this before he happens upon it. Just what we need is a giant dome over the country.

 

[doolin]

Your failures weren't Obama's fault.

Facts.

Far from failing.  I flourished.  Just like I did in other administrations.

 

[Osaurus]

Wall of Voodoo was pretty solid

 

[-fish-]

The Wizards seem to be better without John Wall.

 

[belljr]

The Great Wall of China kept Mongols at a distance for centuries. 

And then the wheel was invented

 

[The General]

Everson Walls was the ####. My 2nd favorite Cowboy.

 

[Ruffrodys05]

I would say the answer to the thread title is that it varies depending on the purpose of the wall(s) in question. 

 

[gianmarco]

The wall that Pink built ended up being a disaster.  Good think the judge ordered him to tear it down. 

Pink Floyd's Wall was successful.

 

[msommer]

I have a cousin who died in the Warsaw Ghetto. 

So...sometimes. 

I question the use of present tense here.

Also, are you 75?

 

[Snorkelson]

Grateful Dead’s wall of sound was pretty sweet, but I’m not sure it always worked...seems like a nightmare to dial that sound in...

 

[Hawkeye21]

If walls don't work, why do humans strive to live indoors?

Ouch.  This was a really bad post.

 

[Zow]

Clearly they didn't stop the Mongolians: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afnJbdT4t5g

 

[Dickies]

The Maginot Line did NOT work as hoped and is basically the joke of the wall world.  Turns out you cna go around as well as through over or under a wall.  Who knew??

The Maginot Line was not really a wall.  It was a series of concrete bunkers and weapon installations.  That said, it was a wildly expensive project that was 100% ineffective.

 

[urbanhack]

Walls don't work

Drugs do.

 

[DaVinci]

I just had a crazy idea. What if everyone just lived in human size hamster balls? You wouldn't need walls OR a roof. MIND BLOWN.

Where would I keep my collection of vintage lunchboxes?

 

[DaVinci]

I assume those sound barrier walls they put between highways and neighborhoods work pretty well. They're ugly, but I assume they keep the highway sounds away from the homes.

They’re really only effective if you live right behind the wall in the sound shadow.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

If walls don't work, why do humans strive to live indoors?

Hm, this is more of a roof question, isn’t it?

 

[Hov34]

Only this one.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Grateful Dead’s wall of sound was pretty sweet, but I’m not sure it always worked...seems like a nightmare to dial that sound in...

Phil Spector's worked out even worse. He's in jail for murder.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Henry what about the Vatican’s walls? I went there as a tourist and let me tell you those... whoops never mind.

 

[The Football Freak]

I just had a crazy idea. What if everyone just lived in human size hamster balls? You wouldn't need walls OR a roof. MIND BLOWN.

That’s one big freaking hamster!!! 

 

[The Football Freak]

(I know)

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_West_Bank_barrier

Has been effective for it's security purpose on the Israeli side but is also a containment wall akin to an Escape from New York prison.  Overall does what it was intended to do.

FYI.

 

[Thunderlips]

The Wall didn't keep the Wildlings out of the North in Westeros....and that was a hella lot bigger than Trumps Wall.  Plus....the White Walkers just knocked a hole in it....

 

[Sinn Fein]

I would 100% support a Great Wall of America.

25' tall, 16' wide with periodic slots for archers or snipers.

All brick and stone.

We are probably going to have to bring in a lot of immigrants to help build it.  I figure, maybe 40-50 years?

 

[joffer]

I would 100% support a Great Wall of America.

25' tall, 16' wide with periodic slots for archers or snipers.

All brick and stone.

We are probably going to have to bring in a lot of immigrants to help build it.  I figure, maybe 40-50 years?

Can we use it to separate the Trumpets from the sane people?

 

[Sand]

Hadrian's wall kept those poor Romans from getting run over by the Scots.

 

[msommer]

Hadrian's wall kept those poor Romans from getting run over by the Scots.

On another subject, how's your treatise on the non Trump GOP platform coming?