No More Bong For Big Ben

By Tuesday August 14, 2007

Big Ben loses its bong – Metro.co.uk: Parliamentary Works Clock Engineers stand by Big Ben’s strike train which has been removed for repair.
The strike train is a mechanism which pulls the hammer that strikes the bell of Big Ben.

So if you’re visiting London in the next few days, you won’t be able to hear the bell from the clock.



7 Comments
  1. Rabble Rouser says:
    8/14/2007 at 5:35 am

    So is it Big Bong, or Big Ben?
    I didn’t know that Ben was a Bong in disguise!

  2. John Paradox says:
    8/14/2007 at 9:34 am

    This won’t affect the BG on the Tech5 report, will it?

    hehehe

    BTW… I notice it doesn’t say exactly what Big Ben is, in the quoted or the original.

    J/P=?

  3. Andy says:
    8/14/2007 at 9:42 am

    For info:
    The building is the Palace of Westminster (a.k.a. Parliament) , the clock is the Great Clock of Westminster and the bell that strikes the hour is Big Ben.

  4. hhopper says:
    8/14/2007 at 11:22 am

    Better to lose your bong than your wong.

  5. Jägermeister says:
    8/14/2007 at 1:16 pm

    #4 – hhopper – Better to lose your bong than your wong.

    You’re afraid of losing Angel, huh? 😉

  6. hhopper says:
    8/14/2007 at 5:43 pm

    Life would be boring without Angel.

  7. Neil says:
    8/15/2007 at 1:05 am

    #3 More Info

    The tower that everyone calls Big Ben is actually called St Stephen’s Tower


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