NASA’s next small step may be into Martian manure
NASA isn’t saying, and probably won’t for several weeks. Others speculate that Phoenix may have spotted organic amines or methane in the soil.
Out on the fringe, it’s bacterial colonies, for sure! 
Curb Your Zitidar!
And You Will Know Them by the Trail of Poo.
I thought everyone knew that extra-terrestrials consider Mars to be the toilet paper of the solar system.
“The excitement has been triggered by a report…”
I read this as “The excrement…” :o
Me too! 
There’s something about a Martian taking a crap outside that tickles my funny bone.
Not to be a party-pooper or anything, but I wouldn’t get too excited yet…
This story was all over yesterday, followed by denials from someone purporting to be in MECA denying that any White House briefing had taken place at all (and of course I can’t find any cite now! I’ll keep trying.).
ETA: Here we go… NASA Scientist: Reports of Mars Life Finding Are ‘Bogus’ | Space
This might explain Mars’ rusty color, after all. It’s one giant poop-stain.
Every party needs a pooper!
The Unmanned Spaceflight board has been all over this:
The MECA story, A place for speculation
They’re trying to get the president to stop giggling first before making any formal announcement.
Given Duh-bya’s alledged Christianity and reports that NASA and other data have been altered or suppressed by his administration, and that finding evidence of extraterrestrial life would seriously upset a subset of Fundamentalists, I wonder about the denials. 
(That bulge in my cheek is my tongue.)
See you at the potty, Richter.
My sources tell me that they’ll claim that Jesus used Mars for a rest stop, so NASA has discovered some Holy Shit.
I find it weird bordering on surreal that they mention growing asparagus on Mars twice in that article. I had to go back up to the top to see if it was from The Onion.
Why mention any specific vegetable and why that particular one? Is it because it turns your pee green? Why not a less-disliked veg like lettuce or tomato?
If they want to discourage manned missions to The Red Planet keep talking about asparagus.
Asparagus prefers a soil pH of 6.5-7.5., and will not do well if the pH is less than 6.0.
Other probes have found very acid soil down south, not suitable for much of anything.
Asparagus likes a soil with a high pH, which is what Phoenix found.
That’s nothing; Jupiter is covered in skid marks.
This far down already without one single Uranus joke?
But…isn’t that a 200 Credit Fine…? 
He who denies it, supplied it?
I for one welcome our micturiting martian masters…
FML