Monday, October 26, 2009

That Seems Like a Lotta Work

Wheat-crushing is more fun than digging:
Scientists investigating a large crater in a field in northern Latvia, believed to have been caused by a meteorite, now suspect it was a hoax.
Check out the picture at the link. It was a big job.

19 comments:

Substance McGravitas said...

Naturally I have been beaten to this.

J— said...

The latest, according to Russia Today, is that it was a publicity stunt by a Latvian telecommunications company. I like the uplifting press release.

Rusty Shackleblart said...

I got a crater that looks just like that.

IN MY PANTS

Another Kiwi said...

When a meteorite falls in a field with no witnesses it makes a sucking sound.

Substance McGravitas said...

Meteorites hate SUVs.

mikey said...

...tried to make it look like a meteorite crater by burning a pyrotechnic compound at the bottom.

I was no where NEAR Latvia at the time and I can Fukbum PROOVE it!

They do, however, seem oddly obsessed with the "tidiness" of the crater. How is such a thing determined? Is there some sort of reference scale with which to measure the expected tidiness of any given impact crater?

'Cause I'm pretty sure I wasn't consulted on that project...

Substance McGravitas said...

They do, however, seem oddly obsessed with the "tidiness" of the crater. How is such a thing determined?

Assuming alien hangers-on, cow-part by cow-part.

M. Bouffant said...

Dig we must.

herr doktor bimler said...

Goddamn grey-trash aliens , never cleaning up after themselves.

Jennifer said...

OT- Your beloved Another Kiwi is revealing another side of himself and is currently the Guest Poet over here...

Ok... resume crater-hoax talk.

Another Kiwi said...

Aw shucks.
Would someone who assesses the tidiness of said holes be a Crater Rater. I rate for Tunguska.

Substance McGravitas said...

I am awfully happy with the people who bother to come by and entertain me.

YOU'RE ALL STARS! [Weeps with gratitude]

herr doktor bimler said...

Tunguska, tidy? That place was a tip. Trees knocked over every-which-way because some alien decides to pull the Winnebago over to the side of the road and party. Nothing but grey trash.

herr doktor bimler said...

a Crater Rater
Crater judges keep disappearing.

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

I am awfully happy with the people who bother to come by and entertain me.

I can make you regret that sentiment in TWO comments.

Ask anyone.

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

Crater judges keep disappearing.

And yet, Hummer Judges proliferate. End Times, pipples.

I suggest mikey send that one baggie to me immediately for safekeeping.

Another Kiwi said...

Tunguska, tidy? That place was a tip. Trees knocked over every-which-way
How very Germanic of Herr Doktor Bimmler to want the trees all lined up. IN TAIGA STRIPES!!
badda boom
Worst case of cytiessa I ever seen.

herr doktor bimler said...

It is tundra my dignity to reply to that.

tigris said...

Kiwi, those poems are pretty fine. The first especially has been haunting me all day.