Where’s The Earth-Shattering Kaboom? There’s Supposed To Be An Earth-Shattering Kaboom!
One more doomsday fetish down the drain, I see. Of course we’ve still got killer asteroids, bird flu, monster tsunamis, and a fourth judge on American Idol still waiting to destroy the world, so don’t give up the ship yet you fear-mongers.
The gang at Neatorama have wasted no time in cashing in on someone else’s success (a.k.a The American Way) by ginning up this “I Survived The LHC” logo and putting it on a t-shirt. It can be all yours for a mere $9.95 (plus shipping and handling). I’m a bit disappointed that the back doesn’t say “And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt”, but chiggers can’t be boozers after all. I have to admit that I’m sorely tempted to buy one, except that they come from CafePress.com, who use inferior t-shirts.
What they’ll do with this huge thing a couple of years from now, I can’t quite figure out yet. Are they going to put it up for sale on Craig’s List? Try to sell it on eBay like Sarah Palin tried with the governor’s jet? Put it out on the curb for “large item pickup” day and hope someone drives by and takes it before the garbage men show up? Do they even HAVE large item pickup day in Switzerland?
September 10th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I just like saying “Large Hadron Collider.” Gives me shivers. “Superconducting Supercollider” would have too but Congress saw to it that the race for knowledge and discovery wouldn’t be won here (so much for another USA #1 myth).
I’m really excited about this new collider, and can’t wait until they actually start doing experiments with it. It’s kind of like putting your cell phone in a blender, only bigger. How cool is that?!
September 10th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Pretty DAMN cool!
(Kids, don’t put your cell phones in your blenders, mmkay?)
September 10th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
In Calvin & Hobbes, they called the Big Bang the Horrendous Space Kablooie. Although Earth-Shattering Kaboom is right up there.