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100/1 Odds On 'First Contact' Within a Year
astroengine writes "After all the kerfuffle of 'Ambassadorgate' — when the UK media went nuts over the rumored promotion of Mazlan Othman to become the UN's first choice as mankind's alien point of contact — it would appear that gamblers saw this as a tip that an alien landing was imminent."
What a waste of an opportunity for a f1rst c0ntact post. Damn, and I even rushed over while the headline was still red!
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
I'd think it'd be more like "HOLY FUCKING SHIT ALIENS" in some places.
We are all God's parents.
You'll eat your words, YOU'LL EAT YOUR WOOOOOOOORRRRDS!
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*dude, don't spoil the bet for me here, I am betting 1000:1 against it.
Reminds me of another old joke:
Two beggars are sitting on opposite corners of a street. One has a sign: give to a poor Arab, and he has a few dozens of coins in a plate. Another has a sign: give to a poor Jew. He has 1 coin.
A passer by drops a coin into the Jew's plate and says: -You should probably change your sign, it's not working out.
Once the guy left, the Jew yells to the Arab: Hey, Isaiah, he is going to teach us to do business here!
You can't handle the truth.
Well, after ruling this planet for 35 million years or whatever, the dinosaurs just up and disappeared. Obviously they developed space travel and decided to migrate to a better part of the galaxy.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
2012, The Mayans knew it, they were waiting.
Now that the western world (especially the US) has an obesity issue, they might just decide that the time is right to migrate back ;)
No, it's good. The first reaction of extra terrestrials on earth will be exactly that, i.e. 'Bullshit'.
Think of the steam engine. It is a single invention that caused and made possible the entire industrial revolution.
Now you're giving Valve too much credit.