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The Threat From Life on Mars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the mars-need-women dept.

sweetshot97 writes "According to the UK site, Times Online; future trips to Mars that will have probes return with samples of the martian surface may contain deadly microbes of course, foreign to our world. The threat may be incurable bacterial infections we have no cure for. What's funny is that we may have even infected Mars with our own bacteria when we sent several probes there. "

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  1. Rumsfeldian poetry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    The threat may be incurable bacterial infections we have no cure for.
    1. Re:Rumsfeldian poetry by True+ChAoS · · Score: 5, Funny
      ...incurable bacterial infections we have no cure for.
      Brought to you by the department of redundancy department...
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    2. Re:Rumsfeldian poetry by PsiPsiStar · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, and if you look in the dictionary under redundant it says "see redundant."

      To understand recusion, one must first understand recursion.

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  2. MY GOD! by pdabbadabba · · Score: 4, Funny

    Its incurable and we have no cure? Talk about a one, two punch...

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  3. Here's your chance, Mcaffee! by dcarey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can see it now ... "Not sure where your computer is boldy going? Make sure it's using trusted Mcaffee anti-virus software ... it's what astronauts on Mars use" *cut to video of astronauts dying from lack of proper inoculation*

    or something

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  4. Alternative version, for those of lower IQs... by Fred+Or+Alive · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can't understand words of more than one syllable? Try the version from Rupert Murdoch's other UK tabloid, The Sun.

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    10 PRINT "LOOK AROUND YOU ";
    20 GOTO 10
  5. Re:Odds Are Against It by Hyecee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like any number of quotes from the Big Book of Famous Last Words.

    Heh heh heh.

  6. Re:If slashot were FOX News by Zorilla · · Score: 4, Funny

    "This is a FOX News Alert! What you don't know about Martian probes could KILL you! Stay tuned for more information after the break - I mean after the break after the break - aww, fuckit, we're reporting a 10 second segment at :55 after."

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  7. Ken? by soloport · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hi, Ken. I see you've found something to do with your time, now that you're off Jeopardy. Welcome!