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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 04:53 AM Aug 2012

“You know the difference between the Mars rover and the Higgs boson?”

said a NASA spokesman, his face red with anger. “You can actually see the Mars rover.”

The NASA official went on to say that “I can understand why the Higgs people think they found something that’s real and all, but as far as I can tell their so-called ‘boson’ is about as real as a leprechaun or a Smurf.”
In Geneva, the Higgs team was quick to fire back a response: “At the Large Hadron Collider lab, we’re used to honest disagreements between scientists. But we’d like to see that douche come over here and say that to our face.”


Borowitz of course and Read more
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2012/08/mars-rover-should-not-get-so-much-attention-say-higgs-boson-scientists.html#ixzz22qgBLydN

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“You know the difference between the Mars rover and the Higgs boson?” (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Aug 2012 OP
Brilliant! A good belly laugh! longship Aug 2012 #1
Slide Rule Fight!!!!!!!!!!! Scuba Aug 2012 #2
Lends a whole new meaning to the term "pocket protector".. n/t Fumesucker Aug 2012 #4
(Mine's longer!) lastlib Aug 2012 #6
*snort* krispos42 Aug 2012 #3
love love love it! Coexist Aug 2012 #5

longship

(40,416 posts)
1. Brilliant! A good belly laugh!
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 05:11 AM
Aug 2012

And I don't even have much of a belly.

Science humor is great.

On edit:

But we’d like to see that douche come over here and say that to our face.


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