From: "Emlyn" <emlyn@one.net.au>
Got that one already ... thanks to Greg Burch.
Emlyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. R. Molloy" <jr@shasta.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 4:17 AM
Subject: Re: Thanks all, was Re: Bacteria question.
> From: "Emlyn" <emlyn@one.net.au>
> > Morgana came running in to Jodie, crying. After Jodie managed
to calm
> her
> > down, Morgana explained that they'd said on the show that the
sun was
> going
> > to explode and swallow the earth in 5 billion years. She was
terrified!
> She
> > woke up in the night with nightmares about it.
>
> A physicist is giving a lecture on the sun, and concludes his
talk
> saying the sun will explode in 5 billion years.
>
> A man jumps up from the back of the room and in a terrified voice
> says "HOW LONG?????"
>
> "About 5 billion years" the physicist answers.
>
> " Oh Thank God" the man says greatly relieved, " I thought you
said
> 5 MILLION".
>
> Stay hungry,
>
> --J. R.
> 3M TA3
>
> =====================
> Useless hypotheses: consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy,
vitalism, mind,
> free will
>
>
Actually I posted that to the list.
Brian
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