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Nutmegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 03:36 PM
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OMG!!!111!!! This house is 55,000 SQUARE FEET!!!111!!! This is huge!!!




  • The White House is 168 feet (51.2 meters) long

  • The White House is 85 feet 6 inches (26.1 meters) wide without porticoes; 152 feet wide with porticoes.

  • The overall height of the White House (to the top of the roof) is 70 feet on the south and 60 feet 4 inches on the north; the façade (grade of lawn to parapet) is 60 feet on the south (lawn at 54 feet above sea level) and 50 feet 4 inches on the north.

  • It takes 300 gallons of white paint to cover the exterior of just the residence portion of the White House (center), excluding the West and East Wings.

  • The White House fence encloses 18 acres of land.

  • The White House has 132 rooms, including 16 family-guest rooms, 1 main kitchen, 1 diet kitchen, 1 family kitchen, and 35 bathrooms.

  • The White House has (excluding storage rooms): 10 rooms on the Ground Floor, 1 main corridor, 6 restrooms; 8 rooms on the State Floor, 1 main corridor, 1 entrance hall; 16 rooms, 1 main corridor, 6 bathrooms, and 1 restroom on the 2nd floor; and 20 rooms, 1 main corridor, 9 bathrooms on the 3rd floor.

  • Floor area (total of 6 floors) approximately 55,000 square feet.

http://www.whitehousehistory.org/06/subs/06_b.html


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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 03:38 PM
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1. Good God! That's some house!
Good point. :-)

I think it's one of the most beautiful homes in the world.
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 03:44 PM
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2. And, if we get into a war with Iran, which Edwards doesn't seem to oppose, it could look like this:
Edited on Sat Jan-27-07 03:59 PM by leveymg
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 03:49 PM
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4. Actually it could look like that regardless
Even without a war against Iran the twin towers were destroyed.
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 03:54 PM
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6. Ok, particularly if we get into a war with Iran that Edwards doesn't oppose.
It does raise the odds, wouldn't you agree?
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lancdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 03:44 PM
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3. I think you mean it's
HUGH! :evilgrin:
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hashibabba Donating Member (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 03:52 PM
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5. The current residents only need something the size of an outhouse
to live in. I say we rent out the rooms to the homeless!!!
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 03:58 PM
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9. Or, a jail cell . This one was Nelson Mandella's for 27 years
They sure got the wrong man.

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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 03:55 PM
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7. what's a 'diet kitchen'?
i think i need one.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-27-07 03:57 PM
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8. How DARE the candidates want to live there!
They should all WITHDRAW from the race.

CALL YOUR SENATOR RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!

RL
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