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Giant Iceberg to Collide with Glacier

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the snow-plowing dept.

OECD writes "NASA reports that a massive 100-mile-long iceberg is on a collision course (movie) with a floating glacier near the McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica. NASA scientists expect a collision to occur no later than January 15, 2005."

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  1. Oooh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cold Fusion?

  2. Wait.. by MrRuslan · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's the day after tommorow...well it almost is.

  3. apocalypse , now? by OffTheLip · · Score: 5, Funny

    tsumanis, icebergs, mudslides, giant asteroids on a collision course with earth, windows exploits. armegeddon?

    1. Re:apocalypse , now? by da3dAlus · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nope. Just Tuesday.

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  4. Re:So? by maxwell+demon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course it's cool. If it weren't, it would be just liquid water, or even steam.

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  5. Re:Iceburg? by koi88 · · Score: 5, Funny


    What's an iceburg?

    From German:
    Berg (as in iceberg): mountain
    Burg (as in, umm, iceburg): castle

    So I guess this iceburg is some mad scientist's hideout (Dr. Frost or whatever).

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  6. iceberg coming... by geeklawyer · · Score: 5, Funny
    at half a mile an hour.

    Quick! Gather up your children and amble away as though your life depends on it.

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  7. Wonderful... by Paiway · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now all I need is a martini the size of Poland.

  8. Re:Ooooh 300 million tons by syntap · · Score: 5, Funny

    My God, and that's just the tip of the problem.

    My best sig is this one.

  9. Re:Need a better view by sunwukong · · Score: 5, Funny

    Speed 3: Revenge Served Cold!

    Just a sec while I get out my etch-a-sketch and pound out a script ...

  10. Re:Penguins in peril by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's probably a penguin on the iceberg pumping its foot and yelling "Waaaa! No brakes, no brakes!"

  11. "Iceburg?" - reminds me of a joke... by jpellino · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's this bar - and there's a Chinese guy and a Jewish guy who find themselves seated next to each other a couple of nights. Things are going pretty good until one night after a few too many, the Jewish guy hauls off and decks the Chinese guy.
    The Chinese guy picks himself up and says "What the hell was that for?!"
    The Jewish guy snaps "That was for bombing Pearl Harbor."
    "Pearl Harbor? Pearl harbor was bombed by the Japanese!"
    The Jewish guy shrugs "Chinese, Japanese, what's the difference?!"
    The next night they find themselves at the bar again, and after a snootful, the Chinese guy hauls off and decks the Jewish guy.
    He picks himself up and shouts "What the hell was THAT for?"
    The Chinese guy says "THAT was for sinking the Titanic!"
    "Are you nuts? The Titanic was sunk by an iceberg?!"
    "Yeah, well - iceberg, Goldberg - what's the difference?!"

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