# If Envoys From An Alternate Earth Showed Up - Would You Be Interested In Establishing Relations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-envoys-from-an-alternate-earth-showed-up-would-you-be-interested-in-establishing-relations/661194 "2013-06-17T17:38:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-envoys-from-an-alternate-earth-showed-up-would-you-be-interested-in-establishing-relations/661194/21 "2013-06-18T21:44:39Z")
(Slight derail) If you find this topic interesting, you might like the movie **Another Earth**. It’s much more drama than SF but I enjoyed it. > **[Another Earth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Earth)** > > Another Earth is a 2011 American science fiction drama film directed by Mike Cahill and starring Brit Marling, William Mapother, and Robin Lord Taylor. It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in January, and was given a limited theatrical release on July 22, 2011, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. The film earned two nominations at the 38th Saturn Awards for Marling's performance and for Cahill and Marling's writing. The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes calls it slow paced but soulful. > R... ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-envoys-from-an-alternate-earth-showed-up-would-you-be-interested-in-establishing-relations/661194/22 "2013-06-19T01:40:01Z")
Do they know why a raven is like a writing desk? ---
**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:** [June 19, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-envoys-from-an-alternate-earth-showed-up-would-you-be-interested-in-establishing-relations/661194/23 "2013-06-19T02:14:01Z")
Do they have goatees? Because that could be a bad sign. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-envoys-from-an-alternate-earth-showed-up-would-you-be-interested-in-establishing-relations/661194/24 "2013-06-19T02:22:01Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > Depending on how they look I would first need to decide if I want to eat them or have sex with them. Or both if you’re Swedish… ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-envoys-from-an-alternate-earth-showed-up-would-you-be-interested-in-establishing-relations/661194/25 "2013-06-19T04:53:40Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Do they know why a raven is like a writing desk? Hell, _I_ know that one. In fact, I know two answers for it. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-envoys-from-an-alternate-earth-showed-up-would-you-be-interested-in-establishing-relations/661194/26 "2013-06-19T06:36:13Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > Depending on how they look I would first need to decide if I want to eat them or have sex with them. If they looked like sheep they better stay away from New Zealand.😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-envoys-from-an-alternate-earth-showed-up-would-you-be-interested-in-establishing-relations/661194.md?page=1)