Intlxpart’s post on the new Vellagio in qatar reminded me of a silly conversation i once had with an exgirlfriend.
it was probably a weeknight, several years ago, in the UK. its important that you remember the location for later,… the UK!
my then girlfriend and I were chilling on the couch late one night, just flipping thru tv channels when we land on one about Las Vegas.
they do a little piece on the big ass pyramid there.
we both ooooh and ahhhh.
at the TV of course (think we just had dinner so too full for hanky panky).
then the mirage, and the strip and a CSI type flyover over of vegas at night.
ooooOOOOooohh and aaaaaaahhhh!
then they hit the Paris Las Vegas, which looks like this:
its a half scale replica of the one in paris.
so we ooooooh and aaaaaaah at the balls it takes to recreate, even at half scale, a replica of one of the wonders of the world.
her: - oh wow look at that!
me:- haha those crazy americans!
they then do the typical shot of a couple strolling hand in hand under said fake tower.
her:- ooh i wanna go! we should go one day! it looks so romanitic there dont you think?!
???
me:- LMFAO!!! i just took you to the real romantic one in the real romantic Paris! but you wanna go alllllllll the way to Las Vegas, to see a fake eiffel tower when the real one is only a couple hours away? how could the fake on in Vegas of all places, even compare?!
ah-hahahahaha!
i think she threw a cushion at me at that point 
needless to say i was very smug after that, and always remembered to bring it up when ever she did something silly 
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