# Opportunity: "Oooh, Shiny!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opportunity-oooh-shiny/284580 "2005-01-13T18:33:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opportunity-oooh-shiny/284580/21 "2005-01-14T13:36:57Z")
> [@astro](#): > > [It’s a trap!](http://www.jsonline.com/enter/sw/images/ackbar.jpg) You’re damn right it’s a trap. That’s got trap written all over it. Big shiny rock in the middle of nothing. Might as well be a [big red button](http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/d/l/dlc251/pics/BigButton.gif) that says “DO NOT PUSH.” ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opportunity-oooh-shiny/284580/22 "2005-01-14T13:41:05Z")
Calm down, everybody. It’s obviously an Alien egg. the last thing we should be doing is trying to poke and prod it. Back away from the egg… ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opportunity-oooh-shiny/284580/23 "2005-01-14T15:44:31Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > Calm down, everybody. It’s obviously an Alien egg. the last thing we should be doing is trying to poke and prod it. Back away from the egg… It’s OK, the Mars Rover doesn’t even \* have \* a face. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opportunity-oooh-shiny/284580.md?page=1)