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Geminid Meteor Shower

Posted by michael on from the stardust dept.

Target Practice writes "Is it an asteroid? Is it a comet? Who cares? According to Sky and Telescope's website, 3200 Phaethon has been spewing chunks into our atmosphere for the past 150 years, and tonight, after the lan party, you can step outside at two or three A.M. and see the best light show yet - topping off at 75 meteors per hour! Be there..." Space.com has another story.

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  1. i fell for that last time by thnmnt · · Score: 5, Funny

    yeah, 75 per hour. right, like i'll fall for that again! i was the shmuck standing around at 5am for the leonids only to see maybe 10.

    find some other chump.

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    1. Re:i fell for that last time by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's because you didn't follow our instructions exactly.

      To see 75 meteors per hour, we explicitly said "Go out around the peak at around 2:30 am, remove all of your clothes, spread BBQ sauce across your chest, find some cute girls and cluck like a chicken."

      You forgot the BBQ part, therefore no Leonids for you!

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      "Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
  2. Weather Accepting, of Course by MyHair · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's SNOWING where I am, you insensitive clod!

  3. Early Demise for DirecTV? by vudufixit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe the meteor shower will bring an earlier end to DirecTV Internet...

  4. Neither Asteroid nor Comet by Gizzmonic · · Score: 1, Funny

    It is a precursor to attack by hostile aliens, lead by an interstellar tyrant named Mongul. He means to create Warworld! Where's Green Lantern when you need him?

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  5. After the LAN party? by DeadMoose · · Score: 5, Funny

    after the lan party, you can step outside at two or three A.M.

    Two or three AM? What kind of wimpy LAN parties do you have?

    1. Re:After the LAN party? by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 3, Funny

      Prolly better ones then the ones where I was invited:

      Mate: Hey, want to come to this lan party me and a few more people are setting up?
      Me: Sure, which games will there be, mainly?
      Mate: Er, what? Just counterstrike of course... Maybe a few random odd games, but we're planning on this really massive counterstrike tournament where the best groups wins a few meters of beer and-
      Me: I'm sorry, I can't... I have to hand in a report the day after so I need to spend time on that...
      Mate: I didn't even mention a date yet
      Me: I'm sure something will come in between, I'll make sure of it
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  6. Not just you... by freejung · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, there have been more meteor showers lately. This is obviously the beginning of an attack by the dread meteoric weapons of the planet Zarquon. Of course, now that you've found them out, they'll have to come up with some other ploy...

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    1. Re:Not just you... by WeaponOfChoice · · Score: 4, Funny

      damn, foiled again...

      Not to worry, our next plan's a doozy - planting a maniac at the helm of the worlds most powerful country...

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      It's not that I'm Anti-American - I'm Pro-Freedom
    2. Re:Not just you... by freejung · · Score: 2, Funny
      Not to worry, our next plan's a doozy - planting a maniac at the helm of the worlds most powerful country...


      No dice. Already been tried dozens of times. Never works, sorry, you'll have to come up with something else.

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      My site: Free Nature Pictures
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