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Thursday, October 30. 2008

From our fellow Aussies

Nice to know that they have numbnuts down there too. I think these are the folks who took Al Gore seriously. Or is it satire? Who can tell, these days? Via Climate Skeptic:

 

Posted by Bird Dog at 15:07 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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This reminds me of the old gag about the Newfie astronauts who planned on visiting the sun... at night for safety.
#1 Mike on 2008-10-30 16:27 (Reply)
It is satire.
#2 paul from oz on 2008-10-30 17:01 (Reply)
This is a letter worthy of the London Times.
#3 Jim on 2008-10-30 23:23 (Reply)
I can think of two similar events -- and you can just bet that someone out there believes them.

If a gigantic asteroid suddenly blazed out of the sky and the planet had 30 seconds left to live, our last thought here on the East Coast would be one of superiority, because we had lived three hours longer than those on the West Coast.

Did you know that if you fly all the way around the world in a fast jet in the direction of the sun and beat it to the International Date Line, you've gained a day of life?

Try it!
#4 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2008-10-31 08:27 (Reply)
Then there's the story about the Indian chief who said: White man is strange. Daylight saving is like cutting off one end of a blanket and sewing it back on the other end to make it longer.
#5 straight8 on 2008-10-31 10:00 (Reply)

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