London Eye
About London Eye
The London Eye, originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually. It has been featured numerous times in popular culture.
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The first arrests related to living statues in the UK happened in 2011, when the invisible king was convicted of assaulting the silver wizard. The king accused the wizard of stealing his spot, which was by the London Eye — prime turf. The twist is, they were flatmates.
from 92: No Such Thing As A Frozen Chicken Haunting, 2015-12-18 at 00:13:15 · read transcript
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He's so happy that James shares that very, very ubiquitous thing. No, my pause was I was suddenly very annoyed that James knows something about Charlie Chaplin, that I didn't, so much so that I didn't notice the joke in what he was saying. All I know is that he died before the London Eye was built. That's all I know. I saw that entire thought process in Dan's face on my laptop gradually happening.
No Such Thing As A Tiny Ferris Wheel, 2020-03-27 · listen
Dan is such a fanatized up and he's so happy that James shares that very, very ubiquitous thing. No, I that my pause was, I was suddenly very annoyed that James knows something about Charlie Chaplin that I didn't, so much so that I didn't notice the joke and what he was saying. All I know is that he died before the London Eye was built. That's all I know.
314: No Such Thing As A Tiny Ferris Wheel, 2020-03-27 · listen
Very randomly, they did open a restaurant up that was available to the public, and which was run by Butlins. The guy arounds Batlands. Yeah. So weird. It feels like this was the original London Eye, because everything was sort of designed to have a tourist spot. A tourist spot. You went in the elevator, which was the fastest in Britain, supposedly at the time. You would go up.
611: No Such Thing As A Forbidden Panettone, 2025-11-27 · listen
Did you read about the dispute? It's crazy. I know. Because the Southbank Centre were basically able to hold them to ransom. The Southbank Centre served the London Eye with an eviction notice. It's crazy. They wrote to them. At the time, the London Eye was paying rent of 65 grand for this one foot that was on their land. It was just on a bit of concrete.
314: No Such Thing As A Tiny Ferris Wheel, 2020-03-27 · listen
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