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Dr Evil has returned
2004-09-17

Good lord, what is that? If I didn't know better I'd say it's a-

Posted by:Bill Nelson

#10  The object appears to be one of Easter Island's moai that forgot to make that infamous left turn at Albuquerque.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-09-17 11:45:14 PM  

#9  Johnson!
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-09-17 7:41:58 PM  

#8  "If it is coprolite, imagine the size of the dinosaur that left it!"

Mike Al-Moor?
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2004-09-17 5:49:20 PM  

#7  I'm sorry, Comrade Teacher.

(pointing out window)

I was distracted by that enormous flying-

Posted by: Bill Nelson   2004-09-17 5:00:03 PM  

#6   You will be able to read a newspaper under its light. It will also making hissing and snapping noises.

Posted by: Comet Kahotek   2004-09-17 4:35:34 PM  

#5  Wang! Pay attention!
Posted by: mojo   2004-09-17 3:59:07 PM  

#4  "...a bowling-pin-shaped body 4.6 by 2.4 by 1.9 km in size."

Angie S. : If it is coprolite, imagine the size of the dinosaur that left it!
Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-17 3:43:28 PM  

#3  If I didn’t know better I’d say it’s a-

Cosmic coprolite? So that's what the asteroid belt is. Yuck.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2004-09-17 3:39:06 PM  

#2  Someone from the Q continuum has been punished?
Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-17 3:16:08 PM  

#1  An asteroid. Fun to watch in a telescope since at closest approach it will move across a suitable eyepiece visibly.
Posted by: Chemist   2004-09-17 3:15:32 PM  

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