# China's gigantic, gold-plated penis building

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 27, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-gigantic-gold-plated-penis-building/669802 "2013-09-27T14:26:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-gigantic-gold-plated-penis-building/669802/21 "2013-09-29T09:37:46Z")

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Laugh all you want. The important thing to remember is that these reporters have a lot of spunk.

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-gigantic-gold-plated-penis-building/669802/22 "2013-09-29T13:52:08Z")

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I’ve read that the glass windows won’t be washed using traditional scaffolds - they’re building a giant hand that will be equipped with a special lubricating cleanser. The hand will simply move up and down the building - when the cleanser shoots out the top of the grip, they’ll know its clean.

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**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-gigantic-gold-plated-penis-building/669802/23 "2013-09-29T14:29:36Z")

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whatever brings them tourists in.

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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-gigantic-gold-plated-penis-building/669802/24 "2013-09-29T14:38:58Z")

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We’ve got a university here in Montreal (the University of Montreal) that has a tower that’s rather phallic.

[Link](http://www.imtl.org/image/big/universiteDeMontreal_2006.jpg) - SFW, I think.

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