Sun's rays to roast Earth as poles flip

The Observer (U.K.) ^ | 11/10/2002 | Robin McKie

[Lazamataz]

I've got brats ready to go.

Is that any way to talk about your children???

[Lazamataz]

Sorry about the girl that went South, though.

I can't believe you just said that.

[Terabitten]

Dang... I really *didn't* learn everything I needed to know in kindergarten.

[Lazamataz]

When the poles reverse, will the Algore Lo-Flo Toilets still work???

Did they ever???

[oldtimer]

I think I will plant some trees.

[The KG9 Kid]

Er, you, ah ...had to be there.

[Wolfstar]

Reversals happen every 250,000 years or so, and as there has not been one for almost a million years...

Well, if reversals "happen ever 250,000 years or so," but there hasn't been one for almost 1 million years, then they don't happen every 250,000 years or so. Sheesh! If this is an example of the reasoning ability of the scientists wringing their hands over the magnetic field, then I don't trust any of their pronouncements.

[Dan from Michigan]

We're all gonna die soon. Scientific American said so? I can use that for a pickup line.....;)

[Lazamataz]

The KG9 Kid: Er, you, ah ...had to be there. It was a pun.

Lazamataz: A pun?

The KG9 Kid: No, no, not a pun, no. What's the other thing which reads the same backwards as forwards?

Lazamataz: A palindrome?

The KG9 Kid: Yes, yes.

Lazamataz: It's not a palindrome. The palindrome of SheGoesSouth would be Thousseogesh. It don't work.

[Lazamataz]

We're all gonna die soon. Scientific American said so? I can use that for a pickup line.....;)

I've been using it for years.

We're all gonna die!!!!

[Doohickey]

That ought to take care of the "strong dollar/weak dollar" debate.

[Doohickey]

There's water underneath the ice at the north pole. Take it from me - I've been there.

[The KG9 Kid]

[lizma]

Spam is truly the answer to most of life's problems.

Spam is passe. That was the the last war. Tuna is the answer to today's problems. It comes in individual packets with three different seasonings and high in omega three.

Duct Tape and/or high explosives, on the other hand, will always be valuable commodities.

[occam's chainsaw]

uhhhmmm....wha?

[OrioleFan]

You know you can drive up to Canada and still buy a regular toilet when you get your cheap perscription meds.

[Smokin' Joe]

Lithium, beryllium, boron and neon are possibilities, he said.

All he needs to do is poke around in the right pegmatites, and he'll find them.

A friend and I postulated (in 1980) that such a reactor, poisoned with its own daughter products, would need time to restratify and enrich itself, leading to periods of tectonic quiescence.

The geologic record seems to support this scenario.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Should I buy, or sell stock?

Buy on rumor, sell on news. Of vice versa. Whatever. Yes, you should buy or sell stocks or both. Short electrical utilities, hold sun blockers.

[SunkenCiv]

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