# The woman who married the Eiffel Tower **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248 "2013-06-05T22:29:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248/1 "2013-06-05T22:29:08Z")
[This is Eirika Eiffel,](http://images.tour-eiffel.it/files/2012/10/Erika-Eiffel-bacio.jpg) who attached her romantic inclinations to the Eiffel Tower. As her [Wiki bio](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erika_Eiffel) shows, she’s hardly the sort of misfit who marries convicted murderers or hoards cats. An accomplished archer who competes on the international level, as a USAFA cadet she confronted institutional rape-acceptance with a bokken (instead of a katana, demonstrating more than reasonable restraint Single men may voice discouragement with the lament “even Hitler had a girlfriend,” but it seems even inanimate tourist attractions are getting in on the action too. What does the Eiffel Tower have that you lack? Besides a 980’ erection? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248/2 "2013-06-05T23:30:41Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > What does the Eiffel Tower have that you lack? Besides a 980’ erection? _What more does it need?_ 😛 And it can last for 124 years too! ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248/3 "2013-06-06T01:07:56Z")
Does this mean nobody else can marry The Eiffle Tower or are inanimate objects allowed to have multiple spouses? Is the Tower cheating if another woman climbs Him? (Assuming the Tower is a Him) ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248/4 "2013-06-06T02:00:05Z")
So uhh…how did they consummate their marriage? 😑 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248/5 "2013-06-06T02:12:48Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > So uhh…how did they consummate their marriage? 😑 She needs to go to yoga a few more times before trying that. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248/6 "2013-06-06T02:14:04Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > Is the Tower cheating if another woman climbs Him? > (Assuming the Tower is a Him) Can’t be cheating as she has a relationship with the Berlin Wall too. > [@Wiki](#): > > Her love for the Eiffel Tower and long standing relationship with the Berlin Wall.. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248/7 "2013-06-06T02:50:59Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > …she’s hardly the sort of misfit who marries convicted murderers… Indeed, she’s found a spouse who’s even less emotionally available. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248/8 "2013-06-06T04:02:30Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Can’t be cheating as she has a relationship with the Berlin Wall too. According to this bio pic: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yXlaS_jYBFQ/hqdefault.jpg "Strange Love: Married to the Eiffel Tower") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXlaS_jYBFQ) She has also been in love with some of the bows she competes with. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248/9 "2013-06-06T04:07:01Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > What does the Eiffel Tower have that you lack? Besides a 980’ erection? Immunity to throat cancer. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248/10 "2013-06-06T04:34:04Z")
This is a woman for whom, undoubtably, size does matter. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248/11 "2013-06-06T12:08:15Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > According to this bio pic: > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXlaS\_jYBFQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXlaS_jYBFQ) > > She has also been in love with some of the bows she competes with. She sure does get around, she’s been with the Golden Gate Bridge too! :eek: I wonder if she’s done Stonehenge and the Pyramids too. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248/12 "2013-06-07T00:17:27Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > She sure does get around, she’s been with the Golden Gate Bridge too! :eek: > > I wonder if she’s done Stonehenge and the Pyramids too. Wow. She’s really fooling around on a monumental scale, isn’t she? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248/13 "2013-06-07T00:57:09Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Can’t be cheating as she has a relationship with the Berlin Wall too. Then she’s a homewrecker. The Berlin Wall is already [married](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2035996/Woman-married-to-Berlin-Wall-for-29-years.html). (And Mrs Berlin Wall has posted here.) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-married-the-eiffel-tower/660248/14 "2013-06-07T02:48:20Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > According to this bio pic: > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXlaS\_jYBFQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXlaS_jYBFQ) > > She has also been in love with some of the bows she competes with. in the comments: “Still a better love story than Twilight.” 🆒