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NASA Spacecraft Set to Shine Spotlight on Mercury
coondoggie writes to tell us Network World is reporting that NASA will this month see the realization of a mission launched in 2004, sent to explore the planet Mercury. "MESSENGER, launched in 2004, is the first NASA mission sent to orbit Mercury, the planet closest to the sun. But on Jan. 14 it will pass close by the planet and use Mercury's gravity for a critical assist needed to keep the spacecraft on track for its ultimate orbit around the planet three years from now. Still, the spacecraft is also expected to throw back some never-before -seen images, NASA said. The flyby also will gather essential data for planning the overall mission. After flybys of Earth, Venus, and Mercury, it will start a year-long orbital study of Mercury in March 2011, NASA said. "
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Why does this make me think police helicopter?
Bad boys bad boys
Watcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do
when they come for you
Of course, most people don't think of a picture from yesterday as "when you were younger".
Still, as Homer and I like to say, "It's funny because it's true".
AAMOF, I'd been saying that for years and it became an ongoing joke with my wife and some of our friends. Then, my wife and I watched season two or three or so of The Simpsons on DVD, and I heard the exact wording with almost the same timing I usually used. We about fell over laughing. I guess I picked it up from the show during the original run of that episode and forgot where I'd first heard it. It's possible that I'd heard it somewhere else first, but chances are I first heard it from Homer J. Simpson. It's really amazing the staying power of a one or two-line observational joke.