January 31st, 2008
Spirit says…
Posted by
chrislintott in
Mars
… it’s a rock. Remember the Martian bigfoot from last week?
It seemed that my anger struck a chord, and I’ve been literally deluged with a email asking me to commemorate the fact that it’s a rock. I couldn’t resist marking the momentous discovery of a rock, so you’re welcome to wander over to cafe press and acquire something that will remind everyone you meet…
on January 31st, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Yes, it seems like the perfect present for valentines day and revenge on BBC in one lol. It definitely is a rock, in one piece with the bedrock underneath, but it’s like you’ve almost taken it personally and certain organizations just need to feast on something since people have had enough of poor old britney…
on January 31st, 2008 at 6:25 pm
And that, dear friends, is what is known as getting shirty with sensationalism. In high spirit, having seized the opportunity.
I’ll bet you that when people were first telling each other what the constellations meant, Cassiopeia and Perseus and so on, some bright spark leapt up and yelled: “It’s just coincidence of alignment” . . .
on January 31st, 2008 at 6:51 pm
[…] Update: I decided the occasion needed marking. […]
on January 31st, 2008 at 7:48 pm
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on January 31st, 2008 at 8:06 pm
on a more general note, you should have a series of t-shirts with the spirit icon that i assume you created. while you have admirably commemorated this sad cultural event, more people would proudly walk around with a black shirt bearing your icon, just so folks would ask “what is that?’ this, of course, creates opportunities for us nerds - i mean… thinking types - to proudly converse about one of our favorite subjects: space exploration.
on January 31st, 2008 at 10:20 pm
“It’s a rock” is becoming Galaxy Zoo’s byword this week: http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=9974.msg104517#msg104517 - click that link for a laugh . . .
on February 3rd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
[…] So yeah, its a rock as Chris Lintott says. And this is a NASA stunt. Full stop. […]