# Count down to annihilation T - 20 minutes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421 "2013-02-15T19:03:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/1 "2013-02-15T19:03:32Z")
This whole asteroid thing has me freaked out now. Scientists say it won’t hit Earth but what do they know? Russia just got bitch-slapped by the biggest meteorite to hit the earth in 100 years and nobody saw it coming. They say it is a coincidence. I say the answer is obvious. We are under attack and that was just the warning shot. The big ammo is coming up next. First strike is scheduled for 2:24 pm ET today. It was nice knowing all of you. Godspeed. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/2 "2013-02-15T19:21:33Z")
Oh, come on. You’re just being parano… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/3 "2013-02-15T19:25:11Z")
\ Missed us by that much. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/4 "2013-02-15T19:37:57Z")
Was like waiting for [5 o’clock Charlie](http://namtab.com/mash/SSN02_26charlie.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/5 "2013-02-15T19:50:03Z")
Well, since we’re all about to die, I’m just gonna come out and say it: I’ve got a chrush on EVERY SINGLE WOMAN HERE ON THE DOPE. This doesn’t make things awkward does it? Ah, who cares. We only got 20mins left. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/6 "2013-02-15T19:57:59Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Well, since we’re all about to die, I’m just gonna come out and say it: > > I’ve got a chrush on EVERY SINGLE WOMAN HERE ON THE DOPE. > This doesn’t make things awkward does it? Ah, who cares. We only got 20mins left. At the time you wrote that, it was already 20 minutes outbound. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/7 "2013-02-15T20:04:47Z")
We need to get together a ragtag group of deep sea minors and send them up to that big rock and blow it up good. What could possibly go wrong. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/8 "2013-02-15T20:06:13Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > We need to get together a ragtag group of deep sea minors and send them up to that big rock and blow it up good. What could possibly go wrong. Well if you think we can trust a bunch of kids to do the job… ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/9 "2013-02-15T20:13:23Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Well if you think we can trust a bunch of kids to do the job… :smack: Of course I do. Don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/10 "2013-02-15T20:31:57Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Russia just got bitch-slapped by the biggest meteorite to hit the earth in 100 years and nobody saw it coming. They say it is a coincidence. I say the answer is obvious. We are under attack and that was just the warning shot. The big ammo is coming up next. Arquillian battle rules, kid: first we get an ultimatum, then a warning shot, then we have a Galactic Standard Week\* to respond. Or EARTH WILL BE DESTROYED. (…sorry…) \*One hour. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/11 "2013-02-15T21:13:27Z")
It’s all good…we got this thing called the Marianas Trench, the Ultimate Quarry to throw stuff down there…you first, Shag. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/12 "2013-02-16T03:16:50Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > It’s all good…we got this thing called the Marianas Trench, the Ultimate Quarry to throw stuff down there…you first, Shag. You better wrap some heavy chains around his ankles if you want him to sink seven miles to the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/13 "2013-02-16T05:02:09Z")
That meteorite came THAT CLOSE to Wall Street and MISSED! :smack: (With apology to Dave Ross, snarky CBS News commentator, who said something similar about a near-earth asteroid several years ago.) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/14 "2013-02-16T05:24:08Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > That meteorite came THAT CLOSE to Wall Street and MISSED! :smack:] The thing that worries me most about this isn’t that they are targeting Earth. That’s understandable. It’s that they have really bad aim so anyone could get killed. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/15 "2013-02-16T06:25:12Z")
Feeling any better now? Or just waiting for the other shoe? ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/16 "2013-02-16T07:08:42Z")
But mass drivers have been outlawed by every civilized planet! We have treaties! ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/17 "2013-02-16T08:32:25Z")
We gonna invade Klendathu now? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/18 "2013-02-16T12:10:52Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Scientists say it won’t hit Earth but what do they know? Well, they know how to calculate predicted orbits based on observed data with tremendously high levels of accuracy. But, yeah, so what?! ---
**Author:** ![kjckjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/19 "2013-02-16T18:23:54Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > First strike is scheduled for 2:24 pm ET today. > > It was nice knowing all of you. Godspeed. Wow, you really don’t know how Science Stuff works do you? :rolleyes: Simply find an Australian news site on the internet and see if they are reporting on it. It is already tomorrow there. Unless you are already there, then please send a warning to us still in yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421/20 "2013-02-16T19:00:56Z")
> [@kjckjc](#): > > Wow, you really don’t know how Science Stuff works do you? :rolleyes: > Simply find an Australian news site on the internet and see if they are reporting on it. It is already tomorrow there. > > Unless you are already there, then please send a warning to us still in yesterday. So if the Aussies are eerily quiet, we should be worried? They are the world’s canary? Hard to visualise a canary with a marsupial pouch. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-annihilation-t-20-minutes/650421.md?page=2)