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North Pole Heads South
blamanj writes "Things are not looking good for Santa. First, news that it's getting warmer at the North Pole, and now, scientists report that the (magnetic) pole itself is on the move. 'Earth's north magnetic pole is drifting from North America at such a clip that it could end up in Siberia in the next 50 years.'"
Quick, we have to act fast.. Lets assemble a crack team of scientists to drill into the center of the earth and re-align it using nuclear explosives...
Coming soon to a cinema near you!
Quick, call G.W. Bush that the russians are stealing the pole to hide weapons of mass destruction in siberia !
We haven't found them in Iraq, so they MUST be some else.
Santa doesn't live at the magnetic North Pole, silly.
no one can use a compass/map anymore or we would have a problem
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They'll set up a scheme where you swap with someone from Australia, or something. Don't know what they'll do about the bathwater, though.
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... is it called pole-vaulting?
I wonder what will happen when I flush the toilets
Will it still flush counter-clockwise on northern hemisphere ?
It's true I tell you, feller at work's next door neighbour read it in the paper.
I thought the magnetic field helped us stay on the earth and when it reversed we are all going to shoot out into space.
Great. First control of Internet, now this!
now i'm going to have to relabel all my magnets.
North Pole Heads South
Well, it didn't have much choice, did it? The north pole is the only place on earth where no matter where you're going, you're going south. So what's all the fuss about?
(of course the fact that it is actually moving is quite a story)
Personally I think we should send a commando squad to nail it into place.
Especially if it's going to Siberia. Clearly it was a double agent from the Cold War. Because it is leaving the geographic North Pole, the North Pole will clearly get warmer, adding a whole new meaning to "Cold War". Thus we will have new war with Soviet Russia, which will be called the Warm War, so we'll dig up Reagan, who will tell the Russians to stop dancing around our pole (while the Poles will go on strike against martial law and double entendre).
Some call me Nostradamus. Others call me "raving lunatic". You be the judge.
Cheers,
Ethelred
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A man is strolling through the Olympic Village and he sees another man walking along with a great, long stick over his shoulder. He asks the man, "Are you a pole vaulter?" To which he receives the reply, "No, I am a German. How did you know my name was Walter?"
Ahem, I think they were designed that way.
Don't be silly, people aren't magnetic. It will only affect metal things like coins and buses.
ten-foot pole. Thank you.
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