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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by cronus » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:52 am

I'm declaring this another NASA hoax. There is no planet Pluto. :coffee: :coffee:
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Hermit » Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:24 am

Scumple wrote:There is no planet Pluto. :coffee: :coffee:
Correct. Pluto has been demoted from planethood a few years ago. He is mightily miffed about it too. New Horizons got close enough to catch a comment of his and recorded it. This is what he said:

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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:56 am

Nice photo, but I wouldn't want to live there.
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by mistermack » Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:14 am

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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:47 pm

And the award for first bollocks alien base on Pluto theory goes to... :roll:

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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Faithfree » Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:39 pm

A slightly rectangular shape in a low resolution image - of course it can only be a alien base. :coffee:
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:53 pm

Faithfree wrote:A slightly rectangular shape in a low resolution image - of course it can only be a alien base. :coffee:
Personally, I think it is evidence that Pluto was made using Minecraft. :tea:
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Faithfree » Fri Jul 17, 2015 3:16 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Faithfree wrote:A slightly rectangular shape in a low resolution image - of course it can only be a alien base. :coffee:
Personally, I think it is evidence that Pluto was made using Minecraft. :tea:
I'm not saying it's aliens, but ... you know ...
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by klr » Sat Jul 18, 2015 5:56 pm

More serious news (and another close-up pic):

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33570131
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Faithfree » Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:55 pm

klr wrote:More serious news (and another close-up pic):

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33570131
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Forty Two » Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:30 pm

mistermack wrote:
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JimC wrote:Our descendants will be telepathic mutants with huge brains and tiny pricks!
Women will stop sexually selecting for big penis?
You wish !
I've already procreated, and only girls, so, my curse dies with me.... :smoke:
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Forty Two » Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:31 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:And the award for first bollocks alien base on Pluto theory goes to... :roll:


Well, of course, the most reasonable place for aliens from other star systems to build bases is on Pluto....
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by JimC » Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:10 pm

There is no Plutonium on Pluto.
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Svartalf » Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:30 pm

but do they have tiberium?
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:32 pm

JimC wrote:There is no Plutonium on Pluto.
There are a lot of other plutants though. The place is one, big, open sewer. :nono:
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