# Weasel disables Large Hadron Collider, pays the ultimate price **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434 "2016-04-29T16:59:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434/21 "2016-04-30T14:24:04Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I was assisting Elzar with a cooking competition that day. Sheesh, next you’re gonna ask me if I knew him. A weasel gets fried & your ‘alibi’ was you were helping at a cooking competition? :dubious: Sounds like you’re, ummm, whats the term, you know an animal that’s trying to get out of something. What were you [del]allegedly[/del] cooking? Do you have a recipe you could show us as proof? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434/22 "2016-04-30T14:35:11Z")
Hollandaise can sense fear. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434/23 "2016-04-30T15:21:17Z")
_edges backward_ _snorts_ _disappears in a cloud of spice_ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434/24 "2016-04-30T15:41:36Z")
Weasel? Nah, sounds more like something a tytlal would do. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434/25 "2016-04-30T16:29:49Z")
Are the actual rats involved trying to weasel their way out of taking responsibility for this? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434/26 "2016-04-30T18:28:09Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > _edges backward_ > > _snorts_ > > _disappears in a cloud of spice_ After her! We’ll fry her! We’ll burn her at the [del]steak[/del] stake (ie. flambé her)! Her goose is cooked! Bonus: she’s already seasoned, too! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434/27 "2016-04-30T18:53:00Z")
I think we need to find out if she weighs the same as a duck, first. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434/28 "2016-04-30T20:29:38Z")
Er, I have to go stir the Hollandaise. Good luck, guys! ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434/29 "2016-04-30T23:29:46Z")
Who wants the domain name [http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheweaselyet.com/](http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheweaselyet.com/) ? ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434/30 "2016-05-01T00:51:20Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Who wants the domain name [http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheweaselyet.com/](http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheweaselyet.com/) ? I had been hoping that [hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com](http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com) would have displayed “Nope. Just some weasel.” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434/31 "2016-05-01T01:12:46Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > According to the definitions as I understand them, a weasel (or rodent) _is_ just a very large hadron, right? So is the [Pink Fairy Armadillo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_fairy_armadillo#/media/File:Pink_Fairy_Armadillo_(Chlamyphorus_truncatus)_(cropped).jpg), for various spellings of “hadron”. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434/32 "2016-05-01T01:20:34Z")
Weasel. Right. I expect it was more of a Hound of Tindalos problem. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434/33 "2016-05-01T01:46:15Z")
That was a time traveler from our dystopian future sent to stop the hadron collider before it destroys our civilization. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weasel-disables-large-hadron-collider-pays-the-ultimate-price/753434.md?page=1)