Comments on: Be Vewy Quiet! I’m Hunting Comets! Huhuhuhuhuhuh

By: someone

someone — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:32:05 +0000

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/30/AR2005073000403.html

By: Irishman

Irishman — Wed, 04 May 2005 19:04:39 +0000

The Boutros Says:
“Why is the U.S. the only country not working off the metric system anyway?”

Stubbornness.

Actually, the last official count I heard was three countries, but the other two were insignificant little blips on the map. *

* Amerocentrism running rampant again.

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Tue, 03 May 2005 12:16:33 +0000

â€œImperialâ€?, i.e. from the British Empire, ergo English.

Just don’t say that in Glasgow or Belfast !!

By: The Boutros

The Boutros — Mon, 02 May 2005 17:08:03 +0000

Just stumbled upon your blog whilst doing a search on the weeb for this new planet thingy. Awesome!!

Why is the U.S. the only country not working off the metric system anyway?

I was a Physics major at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) and was probably one of the few people to get your little conversion joke there (like my (subtle) favourite, “G, I wonder what it’ll take for those two people to get together?”) – yes, I’m a loser.

By: Irishman

Irishman — Mon, 02 May 2005 15:56:59 +0000

“Imperial”, i.e. from the British Empire, ergo English.

What language do we speak in the U.S.? English. Sure, it’s a variant from the “mother tongue”, but it’s still English. The unit system devised is also English.

Call it English, call it Imperial, call it U.S. Customary – it all means the same thing.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 00:28:29 +0000

If this was “Plan 9″ we’d be in BIG trouble.

But I suspect it’s McCanney that’ll be sweating, once contact is made.

By: Delance

Delance — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:37:03 +0000

Amazing. A man-made object with make direct contact with a comet untouched by our atmosphere. If this was a B-Movie, this would mean *trouble*!