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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 12:02 PM
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OMG! Just heard a major fuckup on Discovery Channel
Patrick Stewart just said that the Sun, in its final stages, would engulf "Mars, Venus, and the Earth."

No mention of Mercury. Apparently, Dib will activate the fusion engine on the Butt of Mercury and fly it to safety just in time.

(That's an Invader ZIM reference for the rest of ya)
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 12:06 PM
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1. I know what he's talking about. It's when it becomes a Red
Giant. I think Mercury would be a cinder before it began the expansion.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 12:10 PM
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2. That could be
Still, the progression in which he named the planets struck me rather funny.
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