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IT’S 31 years since Billy Joel released his hit song We Didn’t Start The Fire.
The song mentions around 100 marquee people or events that had happened since his birth in May 1949.
It’s a fantastic tune, altogether, but you’ll have to dig into the recesses of your musical mind to remember all the words.
Best of luck!
In the wreckage from the flames the firefighters could only salvage a small case. Inside they found two sandwiches, a bag of crisps and a carton of juice.
It was the lunchpack of Notre Dame
@Paul Riordan: brilliant
@Paul Riordan: What kind of sandwiches!
Brilliant.
@Paul Riordan: The one eye witness, says he’s unsure how it srarted, but he has a hunch…
@Grainnewhale: grilled cheese
@Grainnewhale: ‘Toasted Host’!
@Paul Riordan: not so funny under these circumstances
@Stephanie Mahony: no one died. Chill.
Just read a French billionaire is donating €200m to help rebuild the cathedral!
@Gary O’Brien: The donation is to be welcomed, & no doubt it is excellent kudos for the donors, whose corporate accountants will ensure that it costs very little, after they structure it as charitable, & off set it against taxes by trust funds etc.
@Gary O’Brien: The donation is to be welcomed, & no doubt it is excellent kudos for the donors, whose corporate accountants will ensure that it costs very little, after they structure it as charitable, & off set it against taxes by trust funds etc.
Our fivers & tenners will come from bottom line pocket money.
Doing a collection already , why can the Vatican not pay for it the $&@¥%#!!!!•
@Karllye kripton: If people want to donate, they should be able to. Maybe they want to do something to help no matter how small.
@Karllye kripton: because it’s not a Catholic building. Unlike here, all heritage cathedrals are owned by the state, which should make it easier to rebuild without tapping one religion.
@Renton Burke: eh its a fire. So if they have the requisite insurance then this will pay whether in full or a significant portion of same.
@Karllye kripton: what about all the tourists who flock to see it and spend millions on tourism creating massive employment. Amazing building to see up close. I think your comment says you are naive to what it represents if the first thing you think of is church bashing
@Karllye kripton: because the building is owned by the French government, ministry for culture.
@Karllye kripton: There is a possibility that you are the type of person who, if the Vatican had stepped in, would have immediately mentioned something about the church alleviating poverty. Never happy.
@Karllye kripton: because this belong to the state. The church have lost control of these since the revolution, and they somehow very happy about it as they won’t have to pay for it…
@Karllye kripton: groan…tis owned by the French State not the Church!
I visited Notre Dame in 1984, the only time I stayed in Paris. Saddened by the catastrophic damage to such an iconic building – the Paris firefighters have done an amazing job by largely saving the main structure and bell towers.
An international fund is being setup to help the restoration process. I wonder how much the Catholic Church will donate?
@Ciaran Fairley:
Write a letter and ask them.
@Ciaran Fairley: cathedrals were taken from the Catholic Church is 1905. So the State owns it.
@Ciaran Fairley: get a life
@Ciaran Fairley: Tis owned by the State! Not a Catholic owned property
@Chris Ó Cinnseallaigh: Oh ya; pull the other one.!!
@Ciaran Fairley: They only have 8 billion…
It would be so great if people just read and accepted the information they’re given from the people actually at ground level who PUT OUT THE FIRE and stopped their wild assumptions and conspiracy theories.
@Aisling: you’re right of course, though where’s the fun in that…
On a more positive note, I’ve just seen a post-fire image from inside and it looks like the rose window is intact. Which is nothing short of a miracle if it’s true.
@jamesdecay: it looks better than first feared from what I’ve seen in the photos. Obviously the spire is gone and will have to be rebuilt but the windows are ok and the bell tower is ok and it could have been a lot worse those fireman deserve as many medals as you can put around their necks
C’est Triste.
At least it looks like the vault is for the most part pretty much intact. That not only protected the inside from the burning roof but it also is a major part in stabilizing the walls. Let’s hope that the dousing it in millions of gallons of water didn’t do any permanent structural damage.
@Colm O’Leary: There was a good water supply from the river Seine…
An international fund is being setup to help the restoration process. I wonder how much the Catholic Church will donate?
@Ciaran Fairley: why don’t you post your stupid comment again?
@Ciaran Fairley: Clown
@Ciaran Fairley:
The Cathedral is owned by the State as are all Churches in France.
Already hundreds of millions in donation for a burned church ;
But when it about people they are less willing to give anything.
These are the symbols of oppression and bigotry and of so many cover up and scandals… As the church saiid during the inquisition in France : let them burn, god will recognise his own!
@Dominic Leleu: and today there are other symbols of oppression and bigotry which are seen in comments such as your own. God is love and protects over all.
@Mark Fields: give me a break.
My first reaction was “omg was there anyone in there ?” I did not see that comment so far in the media… And the billionaire giving 100 millions has in main residence in UK.. so I bet he does not pay that much tax in France.
@Mark Fields: how can something that doesn’t exist love you????
@Dominic Leleu: “symbols of oppression” its great that you live in a free christian culture where you can moan about the very institution that helped form said culture. On a sad day for many people you revert to church bashing. Says it all really.
@Seamus Mac: you have your opinion I have mine.
@Seamus Mac: Sorry no religion has ever released people from oppression, they swapped one form of oppression for their own flavor of holy oppression……
I suspect this was an inside job carried out by the Macron government to quell the Yellow Vest protests and to encourage French unity.
@Dave Grant: not sure of serious or….
When I saw the picture initially, I thought it was a spoiler from GOT.
Quizimodo left the gas on
Billionaires sweating over wealth tax, church burns down, Hero Billionaires step in with “pledges” (not actual money), wealth tax can gets kicked down the road again….. Hmmm, yeah, OK!!
@Nigel Mcatamney:
Would that be the billionaire who is not tax resident in France?
Hope it gets fixed
All that fuss over an 800 year old building
Was there anything left to burn?
@Paul Freeman: nope, all structural and stained glass. Most of the relics, artifacts etc were removed not so long ago due to the refurb.
Expensive coffee break in the rafters?
No on site watch?
No closedown site inspection?
No smoking or torching?
Cold drilling processes?
The on site inspection regime & the types of equipment used will reveal all.
Another catholic institution in flames that needs to be rebuilt!
Tell humanity about the real Jesus!!
What he did after he was born till the point where he was murdered.
That is missing in Catholicism…and all religions!!!
A prophet sent by God. His birth and death are celebrated and remembered but not the reason he was sent.
Idolizing his death is satanic!
The answers are in the Vatican!!!
We all know it. All suppressed. The miles and miles of documents, relics and books. All answers are there!
Christmas and Easter are now a joke with Santa and the Easter bunny…
Chocolate and Coca Cola can’t suppress us anymore!!!!
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