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Joseph_Truelsons_Fan
AlCzervik wrote:
DrSpudnik wrote:
foofooes wrote:

Nooooo! Worlds are colliding!

hehe! 

not that there's anything wrong with it.

yeah, it's totally not like planet Earth colliding with Thalia and making lava and wiping everyone out.

DrSpudnik

When is Apophis supposed to make an appearance?

blueemu

Ukraine just elected a TV comedian as President. This compares favorably with the USA, who have had a clown running things for the past three years.

blueemu
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:

Is he named Shecky?

Better! It's Volodymyr!

DrSpudnik
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:

Whoa, I didn't even get that (damn postgraduates!).

Here's the poop:

99942 Apophis is a 370-meter diameter near-Earth asteroid that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 because initial observations indicated a probability of up to 2.7% that it would hit Earth on April 13, 2029.

DrSpudnik

99924 sounds so impersonal. I only want to be killed by asteroids with a name.

DrSpudnik

At least that's more likely.