# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/61 "2011-09-05T00:41:13Z")
[“it sure is fuckin’ cold up here. Yes sir. I about froze my fuckin’ nuts off. Goddamn. Space is one cold motherfucker… Shit, woman, it is cold as fuck up here.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6xJzAYYrX8) ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/62 "2011-09-05T12:43:39Z")
It looks like my driveway. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/63 "2011-09-05T12:46:22Z")
“What the !@#$ is that?” “Are we there yet?” ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/64 "2011-09-05T13:40:00Z")
we’ve got Exigius 12½. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/65 "2011-09-05T13:47:23Z")
OK! So WHERE _ARE_ YOU, JOHN GRAY, YOU LITTLE FUCKER!! ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/66 "2011-09-05T13:49:13Z")
“shit, I think I left the flag at home” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/67 "2011-09-05T14:09:53Z")
“Those weapons of mass destruction gotta be here _somewhere_.” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/68 "2011-09-05T14:58:06Z")
I guess this proves it. Wherever you go … There you are. ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/69 "2011-09-05T17:28:22Z")
Ulla! Ulla! ---
**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 5, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/70 "2011-09-05T21:52:24Z")
“It’s a dangerous business, going out of your door. You step onto the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/71 "2011-09-05T22:01:26Z")
" I **knew** I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque!" ---
**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 5, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/72 "2011-09-05T22:20:39Z")
“So, Dominoes, it’s delivery in 15 minutes or no charge, right?” ---
**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 5, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/73 "2011-09-05T23:11:32Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > “It’s a dangerous business, going out of your door. You step onto the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.” That would actually be kinda cool. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/74 "2011-09-05T23:37:29Z")
“Huh. Guess it’s better than getting stuck at Minot.” Air Force humor.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/75 "2011-09-05T23:58:41Z")
Somebody should make a joke about Albuquerque. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/76 "2011-09-06T00:08:28Z")
I see a sign… my universal translator has it as" DO NOT CONTINUE TO THE BLUE PLANET!! those people are fucking crazy!" ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/77 "2011-09-06T03:13:47Z")
Hm. Needs cheerleaders. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/78 "2011-09-06T05:31:45Z")
“FINALLY I can get out and stretch my legs!” “Quaid, start the reactor” - this one works better if someone on the mission actually is named Quaid. ---
**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 6, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/79 "2011-09-06T06:28:34Z")
“Hmm, It’s not so much _red,_ as it is more of an _italian burnt sienna._” ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars-funny-serious-replies-welcome/595145/80 "2011-09-06T06:51:12Z")
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