Comments on: Single Sentence September – Part 5 http://catchwa.org/2008/09/single-sentence-september-part-5/ Now accepting bribes, enquire within Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: franzyhttp://catchwa.org/2008/09/single-sentence-september-part-5/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 franzy Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:10:27 +0000 http://catchwa.org/?p=502#comment-1692 The Courier Mail up here is like the Sunday Mail, but every day. The horror-struck letters they published on the day were some of the funniest things I've ever read. I did like that xkcd line though ... The Courier Mail up here is like the Sunday Mail, but every day.
The horror-struck letters they published on the day were some of the funniest things I’ve ever read.

I did like that xkcd line though …

]]> By: Andrewhttp://catchwa.org/2008/09/single-sentence-september-part-5/comment-page-1/#comment-1691 Andrew Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:18:24 +0000 http://catchwa.org/?p=502#comment-1691 My mum got a similar thing where she teaches "...but...but...but...it was in the Sunday Mail!!!" I'm surprised xkcd only did one LHC comic. "Supercollider? I 'ardly know 'er!" My mum got a similar thing where she teaches
“…but…but…but…it was in the Sunday Mail!!!”

I’m surprised xkcd only did one LHC comic.

“Supercollider? I ‘ardly know ‘er!”

]]> By: franzyhttp://catchwa.org/2008/09/single-sentence-september-part-5/comment-page-1/#comment-1690 franzy Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:36:55 +0000 http://catchwa.org/?p=502#comment-1690 Oh - if you haven't already, check out phd comics - he's running a really excellent series on the LHC this week. Oh – if you haven’t already, check out phd comics – he’s running a really excellent series on the LHC this week.

]]> By: franzyhttp://catchwa.org/2008/09/single-sentence-september-part-5/comment-page-1/#comment-1689 franzy Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:36:05 +0000 http://catchwa.org/?p=502#comment-1689 And even if you nothing about physics, you can still strike up a conversation about it and really weed out the flat-Earthers among us. "I was really scared!" "Why?" "Because it has the potential to create mini-black holes WHICH COULD SUCK THE EARTH OUT OF EXISTENCE!" "Why would they spend decades and billions of dollars designing a machine that may or may not negate the purpose for building it in the first place?" "But some scientists are actually suing the makers and telling them not to turn it on because it could be catastrophic!" "What could?" "The black holes?" "How do you know about these black holes?" "I heard about them on television and in newspapers!" "You're not a particle physicist yourself?" "No, but they don't know what will happen when they turn it on!" "Don't you think they'd have a fairly good idea? Better than anyone in this room?" "They're playing with forces that mankind has never seen before!" "Have you read anything talking about how these kinds of forces and particles occur in the Earth's atmosphere all the time?" "No, well, maybe, but they're trying to disprove the existence of God!" "Do you think there's any correlation between your fear, my calmness and the fact that I'm the one asking questions?" And even if you nothing about physics, you can still strike up a conversation about it and really weed out the flat-Earthers among us.
“I was really scared!”
“Why?”
“Because it has the potential to create mini-black holes WHICH COULD SUCK THE EARTH OUT OF EXISTENCE!”
“Why would they spend decades and billions of dollars designing a machine that may or may not negate the purpose for building it in the first place?”
“But some scientists are actually suing the makers and telling them not to turn it on because it could be catastrophic!”
“What could?”
“The black holes?”
“How do you know about these black holes?”
“I heard about them on television and in newspapers!”
“You’re not a particle physicist yourself?”
“No, but they don’t know what will happen when they turn it on!”
“Don’t you think they’d have a fairly good idea? Better than anyone in this room?”
“They’re playing with forces that mankind has never seen before!”
“Have you read anything talking about how these kinds of forces and particles occur in the Earth’s atmosphere all the time?”
“No, well, maybe, but they’re trying to disprove the existence of God!”
“Do you think there’s any correlation between your fear, my calmness and the fact that I’m the one asking questions?”

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