Fossilised Rain Drops Found In India

angkor writes ""An Indian geologist says he has discovered imprints of some of the oldest raindrops on Earth, dating back more than a billion years."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/ newsid_1713000/1713001.stm"

Comments

Proof at last!

[Dimwit]

Now we can prove that raindrops were not simply "created", but evolved from simpler raindrops!

Re:Proof at last!

[JMZero]

More than that, if we could reconstruct the shape of these raindrops we could build a "Prehistoric Rain" park.

Look for fossilized footprints.

[Unknown Poltroon]

Proof that Gene Kelly was the first peron to EVER sing in the rain.

Nearby...

[msouth]

...were found the remains of a primitive umbrella, which had not yet evolved the ability to retract. It was thought that this might have led to the untimely demise of the umbrella's owner, due to the bad-luck factor inherent in bringing such a thing in the cave.

Duh!

[Tackhead]

> the rain imprints were represented by small impact craters - averaging about three to five millimetres in diameter. These craters are circular or elliptical in shape, suggesting that the rain drops fell vertically or at a slight angle.
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>Balram Chatterji, a former director of the Geological Survey of India, said the finding could help in establishing the atmospheric conditions on Earth millions of years ago.

"We've concluded that, well, millions of years ago, rain fell in a downward direction, droplets most likely pulled down due to the force of gravity, and uh, there was some sort of other force that may have deflected the drops from a perfectly vertical path, so the rain didn't fall straight down. We've dubbed this 'wind'."

("Hey, what's this rushing sound, all around me, I think I'll call it 'wind'! And this big round flat thing coming straight towards me! Needs a big, round sounding name, like, umm... grrooouuund! I wonder if it'll be friends with me!*SPLAT*")

Matchbox 20 dissapointed

[DarkLoki]

In a statement earlier today Rob Thomas, frontman for the band Matchbox 20, expressed his and his band's dissapointment that they were unable to make the rain, given that it was made over a billion years ago.

Thomas noted that if his bid to know that he made the rain had suceeded he'd have put little yellow tags on every one and he would have invited everyone to come and see them when he was done. Thomas, who has long wondered what it would be like to know that he made the rain. So last year he had fellow musician Carlos Santana put in a petition with Santana's good friend God for rainmaker status. God told reporters that until the discovery of billion year old rain Thomas was "at the top of a very short list" for the rainmaker posistion. But in light of the age of the fossilized rain God has decided that he would go with someone with more experience, because, "We simply can't entrust some novice rainmaker, no matter how much they have wondered about it, with a billion year-old institution such as the Rain." When asked why God, all knowing creator of the universe, didn't know that the rain was over a billion years old God told this reporter, "I was really busy with the Martians, I had sent them a savior who would spill his water so the Martians could grok forgiveness for their sins. Then there was the whole 'blowing up the fifth planet' thing, and the great Canal destruction not to mention the ever mounting complaints of their Jovian slaves. Somewhere in there I must have made rain on earth then forgotten about it, probably just before the Titan tower bombing." The Lord had "seriously thought that the thing with Noah was the first time I made the rain, and [Rob] would have been able to handle that. But once a meterological force hits several million years [old] they become real bastards."

However, hope is not lost for Thomas, he claims that his talks with the Galactic Superhero Agency are going "really well." Thomas' application is on hold until the GSA can find a planet which will infuse Thomas with the ability to get a funky high on the yellow sun. Thomas is also under consideration to be the Head Honcho, a highly contended spot with applicants including Dick Cheney, Steve Ballmer, Shigeru Miyamoto, Linus Torvalds and Peter Jackson, current front-runner.

First recorded thoughts about the weather

[Hoi Polloi]

This is also evidence that ancient life forms were the first to say "Rain!? Damn weather!"