# First Words on Mars – Funny & Serious replies welcome... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145 "2011-09-04T05:49:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/21 "2011-09-04T12:12:51Z")
Hey-this place looks like Phoenix! ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/22 "2011-09-04T12:26:14Z")
I have always thought that Armstrong should have said “It’s a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live here.” Those words will do for Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/23 "2011-09-04T13:21:14Z")
“Fuck you, Thomas Cook.” ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/24 "2011-09-04T13:27:55Z")
What happens on Mars, stays on Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Walmarticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/25 "2011-09-04T13:32:19Z")
“nothing like a cool, refreshing sippy tube of Crystal Light” because I assume I’d be getting paid millions for the advertisement. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/26 "2011-09-04T13:33:13Z")
“On this historic…hang on…Elvis? Is that you?” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/27 "2011-09-04T14:51:15Z")
“My stars, a voice from Mars” (obscure movie reference) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/28 "2011-09-04T14:54:21Z")
“We’re heeeeeeeeerrrrrre!” ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/29 "2011-09-04T15:01:19Z")
One small step for (a) man, one trillion yuan down the drain. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/30 "2011-09-04T15:05:25Z")
_\_ “And that’s my gift for the schoolchildren of the future! Have fun watching your teachers squirm.” ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/31 "2011-09-04T15:15:49Z")
What the… this is Arizona! All that build up and you just sent me to Arizona?? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/32 "2011-09-04T15:31:55Z")
_severeal thuds heard as I slip and fall off the ladder_ “ow, FUCK!” “[indecipherable mumblings] Um, Bejing, **cmyk** fell off the ladder, leaving a giant ass-print in the terrain. Any thoughts on a contingency?.. Do you copy?” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/33 "2011-09-04T15:48:26Z")
“You’ll take this cable out in post edit, right?” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/34 "2011-09-04T16:14:11Z")
Hey…WTF is that giant monolith? This ain’t Jupiter…AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/35 "2011-09-04T16:17:03Z")
_Is there life on Maaa-aa-aa-a-a-ars?_ ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/36 "2011-09-04T17:10:13Z")
“Darn it, honey, I \*told \*you we should stop and ask directions!” ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/37 "2011-09-04T17:16:23Z")
Wow! You can hardly even tell it’s a sound stage. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/38 "2011-09-04T17:27:42Z")
“Finally! My shipmates were driving me INSANE.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/39 "2011-09-04T17:31:51Z")
“The Sheriff is a Mar”-GONG! “Where the green women at?” ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/40 "2011-09-04T17:39:29Z")
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