September 10 (TJI #49)

[Sa'ar Chasm]

We never liked it all that much -- our relationship with it has been plutonic at best

Recently they'd taken to picketing observatories, carrying 'Eden was a utopia, not a Plutopia'

We've expanded the frontiers of explodology and struck a blow against plutocrats everywhere.

Argh. Just...arrrrrgh.

That first pun stuck out rather intrusively... it was a bit earthier than I'm used to.

"It was really hard. Except the part where Aquaman tried to stop me, claiming that there could conceivably be fish frozen in the ice of Pluto, and I beat him around for a while. That was easy."

So are Aquaman jokes.

They're saying that by destroying Pluto, we've made all their detailed formulas and calculations worthless. Apparently they'll have to work everything out again. To save them the trouble, we've sent them a box of magic 8-balls;

Zing!

Nice to see you back in form, Zeke.

[Asky]

August 2009, eh? On August 24, 2006, Pluto was about 30.76 AU away from Earth, or about 92.956×10^6 miles or about 149.598×10^6 kilometers. From Aug. 24, 2006 to Aug. 3, 2009, there are 365+1-(24-3) or 345 days. To reach Earth by Aug. 3, 2009, the fragments would have to be travelling at 11,226 mph or 18,067 kph. Discounting whatever effect the atmosphere would have on the fragments (or vice versa), I don't think staying indoors would help you much.

[rereads] Ohhhh, wait, now I get it. Never mind.

[Zeke]

You do? Because I think you were right the first time. I just meant rock fragments. (And I knew someone would do the calculations... that or just point out how unlikely it is that fragments of Pluto would happen to cross Earth's orbit.)

Derek: If you mean my mockery of the Salt Water weapon in the fifth Game Boy MM game, it's actually the same guy. That was the game with bosses named after planets.

Sa'ar: Mocking Aquaman is a running joke at Frank J's website, IMAO.us. I couldn't resist throwing it in.

[Asky]

too bad, I was going to leave a note on the probability of the debris passing Earth's orbit, but I had to get to class...I could have been two for two...

[mudshark]

Originally Posted by Sa'ar Chasm

Argh. Just...arrrrrgh.

That first pun stuck out rather intrusively... it was a bit earthier than I'm used to.

Arrrrrrgh.

[Sa'ar Chasm]

I thought turnabout was fair play in this instance.