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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:32 PM Original message |
Boy Hit By Meteorite Travelling At 30,000mph - Sky News-UK (Added photo) |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Um, but how's the boy's hand???? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. It probably didn't actually hit him |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Aha! Thanks. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Well, it was almost certainly slowed down by the time it got down here |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow shades of Dead Like Me. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sounds more like it GRAZED him. Still, will he develop super powers? NT |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. There are a lot of other, more deserving people, that it could have hit |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. A pea-sized meteorite that traveled 30,000 mph |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. pretty much a speeding bullet, no? |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. It's a good thing the child was only grazed, it could have |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. If only |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. It wasn't doing 30K mph by the time it got to the ground. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Exactly... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. Isn't this how superheroes are created? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. My friend got hit by an orange while on a roller coaster |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. A bit luckier than Ann Hodges was... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. She was mentioned in the complete article. |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. Boy Hit By Meteorite Travelling At 30,000mph |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. With superpowers gained by contact with meteor, Duh |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. The earth is in motion around the sun, the sun is in motion in the galaxy, and the boy |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Thanks FSogol and Bucky, |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'm from the old school. If it doesn't plow thru the Chrysler building and destroy civilization... |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I agree. That's not a meteor, that's a lentil. n/t |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. Weird. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. Meh, I would be more impressed if the meteor was hit by the kid going 30K mph. nt |
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