Well, have not heard of this. Must have been built with something unexpected. I have a thought, but will wait to see if others have clues. A wonderful Edna St. Vincent Millay couplet comes to mind (first line is "Safe upon the solid rock, the ugly houses stand")-gee, I hope I am right. It would be very cool!

Way to go kids. Very impressive.

Annette

Annette, your response makes me think I am right. I will wait, though, to post the second line, just in case anyone else decides to play today.

Cool and rainy outside. First day of spring break-plan to get the house in order, so I can get outside most days! Of course, the dogs keep wanting to go out and then they come in all wet and muddy. Charming. One step forward (in cleaning), two steps back-ugh.

Cynthia - our dog, who is usually a whirling dervish is being a big red couch potato today. The weather is kind of nasty, but it doesn't usually slow her down too much. She got three vaccinations yesterday, and I'm wondering if she's feeling logy from them.

Also ... the tower isn't made of anything that rhymes with stand. :(

TM

Huh, now I am really confused. I was thinking on a mountain, or free-standing, but the CN Tower is higher than that....I wonder if it is what this tower does that makes it special?

Nancy - it is cold and rainy here, and I am sick. Flu - why can't people keep it to themselves. This is the first year in ages that I haven't had a flu shot. Rats.

Sorry you have the flu, Nancy. Being sick is just the pits. I hope it's a light case and you get better fast.

About the tower, you want to be thinking like Cynthia was - in terms of what it was made of. Thinking of Sao Paolo, Brazil, where the tower was built, could the tower have been climbed and used to ogle young ladies on the beach? Nope, not possible.

It took around 500,000 of ? to build this tower.

Annette

I am thinking maybe this tower is built out of something plastic that kids usually play with, but my husband has been known to use them to make robots. Rhymes with a brand of frozen waffle.

Well, I am wrong-was thinking sand ("Come see my shining castle built upon the sand").

Okay, TM, wpndering if whirling dervish is a clue. Can't think of anything to go with it.

Could it be something we used to build with when we were kids-collected from summer treats once we finished them, maybe?

Nancy, so sorry you are not feeling well. I agree about people keeping it to themselves ;) I cannot tell you how many students came to school last week with fevers of 101 or more. Seriously? We were sending them home right and left. All I could think of was revenge if I end up sick during vacation! Hope you wake up tomorrow feeling much, much better.

So just posted the above. Like the Lego idea, but since I didn't come up with it and since my brain seems hooked on summer which can't come too soon for me, I will stick with (haha) my popsicle stick idea. Probably wrong, but I like the idea.

:)
Cynthia

I saw this reported on TV awhile back. Red, and blue and white and yellow and black and brown and green ones. Can't remember if all colors were used or only white.

Do they now make pink ones for girls? One thing I liked about the primary colors was that it wasn't a boy thing or a girl thing. Sent all the small ones to my son's (only child) house and kept some big ones for young visitors and future grandkids.

Yes, it was made of Legos. As Annette said, it took 500,000 Legos to do the job, and reportedly, 6000 people, mostly children, worked on it for five days and used a crane to help set the thing up. I don't know if they used the giant ones or the original size.

for Annette, Dawiff, and Bobbie. Smarties!

Popsicle sticks would have been good too. :)

BTW, an anagram of Lego is ogle. I was going to come back to that if another hint was needed, but didn't need to. I'll bet you all thought I was just daydreaming about bikini'd lovelies on the beach.

TM

So clever of you TM. Sorry I missed the clue!