# Why WTC 7 Sabotaged **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 13, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649 "2010-09-13T20:39:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/121 "2010-09-16T13:39:41Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > It was combat wombats riding battle cattle that did in the towers. …that SCOURED the towers. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/122 "2010-09-16T13:43:09Z")
> [@Mozart1220](#): > > It’s a scam I tell ya. Would you have the decency to tell us who pulled off the scam already? A few days ago you said this: > [@Did the 9-11 Attacks "Work?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-9-11-attacks-work/503088/101): > > While I do not in any way think OUR government was involved in the planning or execution of the attacks on 9-11, I do not think OBL was actually responsible either. I haven’t seen any discussion of whodunnit, just who didn’t. You’ve implicated Larry Silverstein and the NYFD and suggested someone (but not the U.S. government) arranged to have the military running drills that day so it would not be able to prevent any attacks. So who’s that? My guess is you’re blaming Israel, but I’d like to be surprised and see something really novel, like pinning the whole thing on lizards from Planet X. Conspiracy fools used to be so much more interesting. Meanwhile you’re posting a bunch of garbage that gets thoroughly debunked several times a year on this site alone. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Do you have some expertise in demolition telling you this is suspicious? I don’t think **Mozart1220** has any expertise in tying his own shoes, much less something complex like demolition. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/123 "2010-09-16T14:08:16Z")
Ah, he’s a velcro-walker, huh? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/124 "2010-09-16T14:20:22Z")
To paraphrase Kari from Mythbusters…Velcro and Explosives! Wooohooo!!! -XT ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/125 "2010-09-16T14:39:13Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Then how did they fuel the trucks on the 23rd floor? There was a full-service truck stop on the 7th. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/126 "2010-09-16T15:07:15Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > > [@TriPolar](#): > > > > Then how did they fuel the trucks on the 23rd floor? > > There was a full-service truck stop on the 7th. I think I had that Fisher-Price playset… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/127 "2010-09-16T15:32:11Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > \ > Oh, and the Towers were knocked down by combat wombats riding battle bunnies. > [@Miller](#): > > \ > It was combat wombats riding battle cattle that did in the towers. I’ve thought long and hard about this, and I think I’m going to need someone to do up a rough sketch of both of these to see which one looks funnier. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/128 "2010-09-16T15:38:47Z")
Battle bunnies be definitely funnier, sketch or no sketch. Battle cattle, while alliterative, just doesn’t have the same [imagery](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/10/bunbun.gif&imgrefurl=http://forum.parkour.asn.au/index.php%3Ftopic%3D4399.0&h=398&w=400&sz=15&tbnid=jHmp_Llxl64KWM:&tbnh=123&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPicture%2Bof%2BBunBun&zoom=1&q=Picture+of+BunBun&hl=en&usg=__3ieHAZVHGMgb_i9G-2bpfV2UKdg=&sa=X&ei=vDmSTJKBA8L68AacoqzoBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CBsQ9QEwAA)… (Sorry, no combat wombat image was available to be mounted on the Bun Bun) -XT ---
**Author:** ![heatmiserfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@heatmiserfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heatmiserfl)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/129 "2010-09-16T15:42:14Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > > [@Jragon](#): > > > > CLEARLY WTC7 was an **evil Taliban AT-AT** and the cables were attached to our brave American snowspeeders. > > Whatever you’ve been drinking, I’d like some of it. Your clarity leaves much to be desired. > > WTC7 was a Metropolitan Terrain Armored Tower (MT-AT), Block D. Just look up the plans, which are stored in the archives at WTC2. (Or, at least they used to be.) Come on! It’s right in front of you. Clearly, the evil Taliban figured out how to clone wombat missiles with non-Watson Crick chromosomes. They had to hide their plans for a doomsday organism. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/130 "2010-09-16T15:52:11Z")
> [@heatmiserfl](#): > > > [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > > > Whatever you’ve been drinking, I’d like some of it. Your clarity leaves much to be desired. > > > > WTC7 was a Metropolitan Terrain Armored Tower (MT-AT), Block D. Just look up the plans, which are stored in the archives at WTC2. (Or, at least they used to be.) > > Come on! It’s right in front of you. Clearly, the evil Taliban figured out how to clone wombat missiles with non-Watson Crick chromosomes. They had to hide their plans for a doomsday organism. :eek: Battle bunnies have doomsday orgasms. … I’m drunk. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/131 "2010-09-16T15:53:17Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > ``` > (that's in the afternoon...like in after NOON, ehe?) How 'convenient' is THAT, ehe? Ehe? > > ``` You’ve been warned about the usage of this particular expression before. STOP IT!!! :mad: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/132 "2010-09-16T15:55:46Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > Battle bunnies be definitely funnier, sketch or no sketch. Battle cattle, while alliterative, just doesn’t have the same [imagery](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/10/bunbun.gif&imgrefurl=http://forum.parkour.asn.au/index.php%3Ftopic%3D4399.0&h=398&w=400&sz=15&tbnid=jHmp_Llxl64KWM:&tbnh=123&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPicture%2Bof%2BBunBun&zoom=1&q=Picture+of+BunBun&hl=en&usg=__3ieHAZVHGMgb_i9G-2bpfV2UKdg=&sa=X&ei=vDmSTJKBA8L68AacoqzoBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CBsQ9QEwAA)… > > (Sorry, no combat wombat image was available to be mounted on the Bun Bun) > > -XT Yeah, but wombats on battle cattle - that does have a certain _je nais se quois._ ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/133 "2010-09-16T15:56:39Z")
[QUOTE=FoieGrasIsEvil] You’ve been warned about the usage of this particular expression before. STOP IT!!! [/QUOTE] I only trot it out on special occasions these days…when I want to be particularly annoying, instead of my just generally annoying self. That might have been going a bit far, I admit, putting 3 of them in a single post… -XT ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/134 "2010-09-16T15:59:41Z")
[Battle Cattle](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wingnutgames.com/BC3ECover.JPG&imgrefurl=http://wingnutgames.com/bcattle3.htm&h=388&w=288&sz=40&tbnid=G-3PM8-eeyxhbM:&tbnh=261&tbnw=193&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBattle%2BCattle%2Bpictures&zoom=1&q=Battle+Cattle+pictures&hl=en&usg=__5bVITsuoFYmH9AFAetKEaH4MA3k=&sa=X&ei=mj6STIGsNcOqlAe2puWmCg&ved=0CBgQ9QEwAQ) look more fierce than funny. Even with a [combat wombat](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.combat-wombat.net/images/combat_wombat.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.combat-wombat.net/&h=394&w=300&sz=170&tbnid=M-JmOvic7OVAoM:&tbnh=257&tbnw=196&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCombat%2Bwombat&zoom=1&q=Combat+wombat&hl=en&usg=__NwJ-oTMRgyqvmerTJvsIOFwO61A=&sa=X&ei=0j6STNL9GIXGlQf6zqimCg&ved=0CB4Q9QEwAA) at the helm… -XT ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/135 "2010-09-16T16:47:53Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > [Battle Cattle](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wingnutgames.com/BC3ECover.JPG&imgrefurl=http://wingnutgames.com/bcattle3.htm&h=388&w=288&sz=40&tbnid=G-3PM8-eeyxhbM:&tbnh=261&tbnw=193&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBattle%2BCattle%2Bpictures&zoom=1&q=Battle+Cattle+pictures&hl=en&usg=__5bVITsuoFYmH9AFAetKEaH4MA3k=&sa=X&ei=mj6STIGsNcOqlAe2puWmCg&ved=0CBgQ9QEwAQ) look more fierce than funny. Even with a [combat wombat](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.combat-wombat.net/images/combat_wombat.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.combat-wombat.net/&h=394&w=300&sz=170&tbnid=M-JmOvic7OVAoM:&tbnh=257&tbnw=196&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCombat%2Bwombat&zoom=1&q=Combat+wombat&hl=en&usg=__NwJ-oTMRgyqvmerTJvsIOFwO61A=&sa=X&ei=0j6STNL9GIXGlQf6zqimCg&ved=0CB4Q9QEwAA) at the helm… > > -XT That’s up to Third Ed.? I may have to check out how it’s changed. > [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > But who had the vessel with the pestle? It was last seen in the subway on a Segway. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/136 "2010-09-16T19:42:11Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > > [@Knorf](#): > > > > Bunnies! I’m sure it was bunnies! > > - > > Bunnies aren’t cute like everybody supposes ! > They’ve got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses ! > And what’s with all the carrots ? > What do they need such good eyesight for anyway ? > Bunnies, bunnies, it must be BUNNIIIIIIIIIES ! > \* \*\ Or maybe midgets.\* Just as an aside, that was an awesome shirt they put Emma Caulfield in for that scene. Mmmm, mmm, mmm. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/137 "2010-09-16T20:44:33Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I used to be a wombat. I got better. That’s odd, 'cause I always heard that once you go wombat, you never go back. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/138 "2010-09-16T21:04:01Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > > [@Autolycus](#): > > > > I used to be a wombat. I got better. > > That’s odd, 'cause I always heard that once you go wombat, you never go back. Ah, if only you’d said “Once you go wombat, you never go womback.” ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/139 "2010-09-16T21:06:44Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > > [@42fish](#): > > > > That’s odd, 'cause I always heard that once you go wombat, you never go back. > > Ah, if only you’d said “Once you go wombat, you never go womback.” But do you go womforth? I know, only if you’re following the wombat that went third… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wtc-7-sabotaged/553649/140 "2010-09-16T21:29:26Z")
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