# What Do YOU Wish the MIR Had Crashed Into? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 23, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143 "2001-03-23T13:47:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/1 "2001-03-23T13:47:12Z")
I was kinda hoping it would plummet atop a Frank Geary building—just to see if anyone could tell the difference. Any other tempting targets? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/2 "2001-03-23T14:01:46Z")
Bad Karma to wish harm to come to anyone, but I would not have shed any tears if it had fallen right on Sadam Hussein’s noggin. I’m reminded of the _Northern Exposure_ episode where a satellite falls on Maggie’s boyfriend. In the show the satellite “fused” with Rick, resulting in an amusingly-shaped coffin. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/3 "2001-03-23T14:18:22Z")
Puff Daddy. A White House Cabinet meeting. A White House Cabinet meeting convened to congratulate Puff Daddy on his acquital. ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/4 "2001-03-23T14:26:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*A White House Cabinet meeting convened to congratulate Puff Daddy on his acquital. \*\* That’s classic. ::looks for thumbs up smilie:: I just wish it had hit the Taco Bell target. I could go for a taco. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/5 "2001-03-23T14:35:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > **I was kinda hoping it would plummet atop a Frank Geary building—just to see if anyone could tell the difference…** BWAHahahaha!!! _Classic_ Eve! > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Tommy the Cat_ > **I just wish it had hit the Taco Bell target…** I just wish it had hit _any_ Taco Bell… ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/6 "2001-03-23T14:46:13Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by poohpah chalupa \* \*\* > [@](#): > > I just wish it had hit _any_ Taco Bell… \*\* Now, with a name like **poohpah chalupa** , how can you wish ill on Taco Bell?😉 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/7 "2001-03-23T15:01:35Z")
1.) The Ad Guy responsible for that idiotic commercial about the man in a trailer in the Australian Outback, who learns that he’s about to be hit by incoming space debris, so he buys a lot of pillows. I hate that commercial. It would have been poetic justice. Especially if it took out his van and/or pillows. 2.) The museum housing the remains of Skylab. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/8 "2001-03-23T15:07:30Z")
Ronald Reagan’s swimming pool. “Mommy, I told everyone we needed a space umbrella.” “Yes, Ronnie. Now finish your tapioca and I’ll change your diaper.” ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/9 "2001-03-23T15:48:43Z")
The frozen tundra of Lambeau Field. TAKE THAT GREEN BAY!!! HAHAHAHA ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ultimate\_Scapegoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_Ultimate\_Scapegoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ultimate_Scapegoat)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/10 "2001-03-23T16:27:09Z")
Since it broke into pieces, can I pick more than one target? -Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia -The IRS building -That a stray piece would orbit a few more times and crash into the Oscar ceremony Sunday night -Rush Limbaugh’s studio -AOL headquarters -Wal-Mart (pick any one. When unoccupied, of course!) -Pat Buchannon’s house -Any Denny’s restaurant -David Arquette’s head -Iraq’s nuclear weapons research plant -The temporary Chinese embassy to Serbia (just for laffs) -Any one of several arenas holding an NCAA tournament game -Charles Manson’s jail cell -Al Sharpton’s hair -Joan Rivers face Then I would like to see all the tiny stray pieces fall all over Northern New Jersey! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/11 "2001-03-23T17:13:30Z")
“Then I would like to see all the tiny stray pieces fall all over Northern New Jersey!” HEY! I LIVE in Northern New Jersey! ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/12 "2001-03-23T17:18:20Z")
The WB Studios (TV, not the movies). Like we’d miss that dreck. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/13 "2001-03-23T17:24:29Z")
I would have said the locations where _Survivor II_ was being filmed, but I suppose everyone has already left there, so how about the GPS coordinates for Mark Burnett’s current location? > [@](#): > > Then I would like to see all the tiny stray pieces fall all over Northern New Jersey! And this would change things how? (Sorry **Eve** , couldn’t resist) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ultimate\_Scapegoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_Ultimate\_Scapegoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ultimate_Scapegoat)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/14 "2001-03-23T17:29:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*“Then I would like to see all the tiny stray pieces fall all over Northern New Jersey!” > > HEY! I LIVE in Northern New Jersey! \*\* Except for near YOUR house, of course Eve!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/15 "2001-03-23T18:19:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*“Then I would like to see all the tiny stray pieces fall all over Northern New Jersey!” > > HEY! I LIVE in Northern New Jersey! \*\* My deepest sympathies. [ducks & runs] ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/16 "2001-03-23T18:46:04Z")
Ok, ok, here’s my list: 1. My evil former boss’s house. He knows who he is, and I know where he lives (coincidentally, it’s … Short Hills, New Jersey!!!) 2. All hosts of sports memoriabilia infomercials who YELL THE ENTIRE TIME THEY’RE ON THE AIR, SO EVEN IF YOU JUST FLIP CHANNELS BY THEM YOU’RE BLOWN INTO THE NEXT APARTMENT. 3. Hell, let’s add the talk-show hosts, too. Oprah, Sally Jessye, Ricki, Jerry, Montel… Line 'em up. 4. Madison Square Toilet (I swear, that’s what it looks like from above), preferably during a sports event so we get rid of drunken fans, too. Build a lovely memorial garden to the late Pennsylvania Station on the remains. 5. If it could only have been a few days earlier, we coulda taken out the Ancient Order of Drunken, Festering, Homophobic Hibernians, and every frat boy barfing green beer. ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/17 "2001-03-23T19:15:15Z")
My car… i need a new one and that would be a great excuse. ---
**Author:** ![SDP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDP)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/18 "2001-03-23T19:28:58Z")
I find a certain morbid humor in imagining the ensuing events if it had fallen on any person. What if he had life insurance? His wife would file a claim, and would be asked how he died; she’d have to say, “Well, you know, a giant space station fell on his head.” Just picture the insurance company reaction. What a way to go! ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/19 "2001-03-23T20:10:08Z")
ANY baseball staduium with artificial turf! (It’s still spring training, so the loss of life would be minimal…) ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143/20 "2001-03-23T20:47:34Z")
The bank that owns my Stafford loans. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wish-the-mir-had-crashed-into/59143.md?page=2)