# I'll bet they'll be there longer than 20 minutes... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-bet-theyll-be-there-longer-than-20-minutes/394680 "2007-03-05T15:08:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-bet-theyll-be-there-longer-than-20-minutes/394680/1 "2007-03-05T15:08:03Z")
[Another oceanographic adventure](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070301103112.htm). Any bets that the missing crust can be found in the Marianas Trench? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-bet-theyll-be-there-longer-than-20-minutes/394680/2 "2007-03-05T17:03:00Z")
Sheesh. Did the Atlantic’s mother never tell it that it’ll never grow up big and strong if it leaves its crusts? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-bet-theyll-be-there-longer-than-20-minutes/394680/3 "2007-03-05T18:17:49Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] [Another oceanographic adventure](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070301103112.htm). Any bets that the missing crust can be found in the Marianas Trench? [/QUOTE] I’m betting Rio took it. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-bet-theyll-be-there-longer-than-20-minutes/394680/4 "2007-03-05T18:54:35Z")
Hmmmmm, maybe them Bermuda Triangle whackos aren’t that far from wrong? I mean, how can the crust just be missing? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-bet-theyll-be-there-longer-than-20-minutes/394680/5 "2007-03-05T20:20:15Z")
That happens to be the exact spot where Atlantis has been deemed to exist. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-bet-theyll-be-there-longer-than-20-minutes/394680/6 "2007-03-05T20:21:51Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] That happens to be the exact spot where Atlantis has been deemed to exist. :eek: [/QUOTE] :smack: I shoulda known. The missing crust flew with Atlantis when it went to the Pegasus Galaxy… ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-bet-theyll-be-there-longer-than-20-minutes/394680/7 "2007-03-05T21:40:34Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] I’m betting Rio took it. [/QUOTE] No, no, no… it’s IN Rio. Or was… once… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-bet-theyll-be-there-longer-than-20-minutes/394680/8 "2007-03-05T21:54:54Z")
> [@Science Daily](#): > > To answer some of these questions Dr MacLeod with a team of scientists, led by marine geophysicist Professor Roger Searle, Durham University, will travel to the area which lies mid-way between the Cape Verde Islands and the Caribbean. I agreed to no such thing! ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-bet-theyll-be-there-longer-than-20-minutes/394680/9 "2007-03-06T01:43:31Z")
Egads! Does this mean there is a discontinuity in the Mohovoric Discontinuity? ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-bet-theyll-be-there-longer-than-20-minutes/394680/10 "2007-03-06T04:41:32Z")
I have a friend who never eats the “topped” part of a pizza - only the crust. I’ll check and see what he’s been up to lately. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-bet-theyll-be-there-longer-than-20-minutes/394680/11 "2007-03-06T05:29:10Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] I’m betting Rio took it. [/QUOTE] Oh sure! [Blame it on Rio!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086973/)