Author Topic: Funny story.  (Read 5409 times)

Offline Willoughby

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Funny story.
« on: February 27, 2016, 12:07:37 PM »
So, I'm browsing the Apollohoax.net site, and my nine-year-old son noticed that the people who have posted more have titles that are farther out in the solar system.  He suggested that I just post "cool" a million times so I could get to Neptune.  Seems legit, right?

EDIT : Ironically, this very post promoted me to Venus.

Offline bknight

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Re: Funny story.
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2016, 12:30:27 PM »
So, I'm browsing the Apollohoax.net site, and my nine-year-old son noticed that the people who have posted more have titles that are farther out in the solar system.  He suggested that I just post "cool" a million times so I could get to Neptune.  Seems legit, right?

EDIT : Ironically, this very post promoted me to Venus.
The logic of numbers!
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Offline raven

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Re: Funny story.
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2016, 01:51:09 PM »
I wonder, does this system carry us to Pluto? Or was it demoted here too? :'(

Offline Willoughby

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Re: Funny story.
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2016, 01:54:23 PM »
I wonder, does this system carry us to Pluto? Or was it demoted here too? :'(

I was wondering that myself.

Offline bknight

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Re: Funny story.
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2016, 02:50:11 PM »
I wonder, does this system carry us to Pluto? Or was it demoted here too? :'(
Ask LO.
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Offline raven

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Re: Funny story.
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2016, 04:09:05 PM »
I wonder, does this system carry us to Pluto? Or was it demoted here too? :'(
Ask LO.
Just did. ;D I will keep you all informed of any response.

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Re: Funny story.
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2016, 04:22:37 PM »
Mercury (1 post)
Venus (25 posts)
Earth (100 posts)
Mars (250 posts)
Jupiter (500 posts)
Saturn (1000 posts)
Uranus (1500 posts)
Neptune (2500 posts)
Pluto (5000 posts)
Leaving the Solar System (10000 posts)
The Vega System (15000 posts)
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth.
I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.
I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
- Neil Armstrong (1930-2012)

Offline raven

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Re: Funny story.
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2016, 04:31:40 PM »
Thank you, LunarOrbit! 8) Good to know ol' Pluto still gets some respect in these here parts.

Offline LunarOrbit

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Re: Funny story.
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2016, 04:44:39 PM »
Just don't ask me to update the member levels every time a Kuiper Belt Object larger than Pluto is discovered. ;)
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth.
I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.
I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
- Neil Armstrong (1930-2012)

Offline bknight

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Re: Funny story.
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2016, 05:50:10 PM »
We could always use Gone to Plaid  :)
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Offline raven

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Re: Funny story.
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2016, 07:16:44 PM »
We could always use Gone to Plaid  :)
Now that would be just ludicrous. ;D

Offline Allan F

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Re: Funny story.
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2016, 07:31:52 PM »
I'm sure GoneToPlaid would object to that.
Well, it is like this: The truth doesn't need insults. Insults are the refuge of a darkened mind, a mind that refuses to open and see. Foul language can't outcompete knowledge. And knowledge is the result of education. Education is the result of the wish to know more, not less.

Offline DD Brock

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Re: Funny story.
« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2016, 10:18:08 PM »
We could always use Gone to Plaid  :)
Now that would be just ludicrous. ;D

I just saw a poster for Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money with an image of a twisted/melted Dark Helmet. I hope it's legit, lol!

Offline smartcooky

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Re: Funny story.
« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2016, 12:41:51 AM »
Mercury (1 post)
Venus (25 posts)
Earth (100 posts)
Mars (250 posts)
Jupiter (500 posts)
Saturn (1000 posts)
Uranus (1500 posts)
Neptune (2500 posts)
Pluto (5000 posts)
Leaving the Solar System (10000 posts)
The Vega System (15000 posts)


Do I get to go for a walk along a Pensacola FL beach with my deceased father?
If you're not a scientist but you think you've destroyed the foundation of a vast scientific edifice with 10 minutes of Googling, you might want to consider the possibility that you're wrong.

Offline bknight

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Re: Funny story.
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2016, 07:14:03 AM »
We could always use Gone to Plaid  :)
Now that would be just ludicrous. ;D

I just saw a poster for Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money with an image of a twisted/melted Dark Helmet. I hope it's legit, lol!
But of course, Mel is a genius IMO.  It would be a great movie, given it has been sometime since a parody has been made.
Truth needs no defense.  Nobody can take those footsteps I made on the surface of the moon away from me.
Eugene Cernan