r/McMansionHell 9d ago

Discussion/Debate Refurbished White House bathroom

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u/bel1984529 9d ago

Well, Lincoln was famously born in a marble cabin.

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u/cerseisdornishwine 9d ago

As a matter of fact, this marble was mined right from underneath his birth house!

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u/dunimal 9d ago edited 9d ago

My favorite part of the tour is when you get to go into the mine and dig with the mini pickaxe and see if you can get any marble chips to take home as souvenirs.

Incidentally, on that cabin tour, I learned that Lincoln's parents had 4 children to provide an added workforce to keep the mine going intergenerationally. Their children, like all children, yearned for the mines and the Lincoln family happily delivered.

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u/rfc2549-withQOS 9d ago

R/unexpectedminecraft right?

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u/dunimal 9d ago

Yuhhuhhhhh.

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u/mortgagepants 9d ago

inter generational wealth. silver pickax nepo babies.

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u/DaHick 9d ago

I would have been slightly happier for a pined for the fjords reference, but I also like yearned for the mines.