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The Earth is Getting Fatter
murk1e writes "The BBC News service has an article which reveals that the Earth is getting fatter. It is well known that the Earth is slightly wider at the equator than at the poles, it is less well known that for years, the Earth has been becoming more spherical. Now it appears that the trend has reversed, and the Earth is getting more obese (in the sense of shape change rather than changing mass). Perhaps the Earth should sue?"
it is less well known that for years, the Earth has been becoming more spherical. Now it appears that the trend has reversed, and the Earth is getting more obese
... that yo-yo dieting just doesn't work. Eat less and exercise.
"It is well known that the Earth is slightly wider at the equator than at the poles"
Now isn't that strange. A sphere that has a smaller radius at the top than the center.
Maybe we can make an equation for that....Hmmm
COS X
They made a typo. The earth is getting FLATTER. http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatea rthsociety.htm
Or maybe, just maybe, the studio -itself- is causing the change in the earth's shape, just to generate publicity for the upcoming movie. (Which I have never heard of)
There are Australian midgets?!? That'll revolutionize the humor industry! Just think Crocodile Mini-Dundee. On second thought, let's not.
With my dying breath, I curse Zoidberg!
NO NO NO, he's right, it is us. To save our planet, we must all move to the poles to keep the earth from tipping over. Start running for the nearest pole!
Expanding a vast wasteland since 1996.
Reminds me of a tour guide in West Virginia who advised us to wear extra sunscreen because we'd be "awfully close to the sun" at the top of the ski slope.
I'd make up some quip about that level of intelligence being par for WV, but then again, I was the one visiting a ski slope during the summer.