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.
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19 comments:

  1. Substance McGravitasOctober 26, 2009 at 12:47 PM

    Naturally I have been beaten to this.

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  2. J—October 26, 2009 at 12:55 PM

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

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  3. Rusty ShackleblartOctober 26, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    I got a crater that looks just like that.

    IN MY PANTS

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  4. Another KiwiOctober 26, 2009 at 2:04 PM

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

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  5. Substance McGravitasOctober 26, 2009 at 2:07 PM

    Meteorites hate SUVs.

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  6. mikeyOctober 26, 2009 at 2:27 PM

    ...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...

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  7. Substance McGravitasOctober 26, 2009 at 2:40 PM

    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.

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  8. M. BouffantOctober 26, 2009 at 2:57 PM

    Dig we must.

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  9. herr doktor bimlerOctober 26, 2009 at 3:06 PM

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

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  10. JenniferOctober 26, 2009 at 3:34 PM

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

    Ok... resume crater-hoax talk.

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  11. Another KiwiOctober 26, 2009 at 3:46 PM

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

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  12. Substance McGravitasOctober 26, 2009 at 3:53 PM

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

    YOU'RE ALL STARS! [Weeps with gratitude]

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  13. herr doktor bimlerOctober 26, 2009 at 3:58 PM

    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.

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  14. herr doktor bimlerOctober 26, 2009 at 4:03 PM

    a Crater Rater
    Crater judges keep disappearing.

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  15. zombie rotten mcdonaldOctober 26, 2009 at 5:42 PM

    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.

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  16. zombie rotten mcdonaldOctober 26, 2009 at 5:44 PM

    Crater judges keep disappearing.

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

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

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  17. Another KiwiOctober 26, 2009 at 7:38 PM

    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.

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  18. herr doktor bimlerOctober 27, 2009 at 11:51 AM

    It is tundra my dignity to reply to that.

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  19. tigrisOctober 27, 2009 at 5:16 PM

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

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