Comments on: Sad

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:16:53 +0000

It’s life Phil, but not as we know it.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:20:33 +0000

A story… Reminds me of the end of Genevieve (1953). (Comedy about the the London to Brighton veteran car run.) Can’t think of any astronomical links except ice cream is subject to gravity – just like apples

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:00:16 +0000

I think Ivan3Man won,,,

GAry 7

By: Creptic

Creptic — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:22:38 +0000

It is an artificial ice ball from micro space.

By: Thomas Siefert

Thomas Siefert — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:10:51 +0000

It just occurred to me, in the Danish cartoon Rejsen til Saturn (Journey to Saturn), aliens try to invade Denmark. They arrive on a hot summer day only to find their flying saucer melting because their technology is based on vanilla ice-cream.

That’s what it is! DEATH FROM THE SKIES!

My apologies to those who have not yet read Rejsen til Saturn or seen the movie for this spoiler.

By: IVAN3MAN

IVAN3MAN — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:31:03 +0000

Bigfoot:

Wow, 66 posts and none address the real issue … what flavor is it?

By: Bigfoot

Bigfoot — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:40:27 +0000

Wow, 66 posts and none address the real issue … what flavor is it?

By: TSFrost

TSFrost — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:32:54 +0000

To all those “stick-to-the-science” jerks out there, there are currently 65 responses to this poignantly trivial little blog entry. These people are your fan base, Phil!

As for the post, my first thought was, “10 second rule!”

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:20:18 +0000

Aliens!!!!!!!.They came, they saw they refused to concur. What kind os unmeaty species eats this crap.

By: Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum

Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:53:59 +0000

You guys & gals want lyrics stuck in yer heads?
Go to my blog by clicking on my name above and listen to the song from our buddy George Hrab that’s there! Now that’s more like it for the readers of this blog!
I uncheckmate Autumn and re-checkmate ya all!

By: Autumn

Autumn — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:14:07 +0000

Her name was Lola,
She was a showgirl…

Check and mate.

By: Dave Hall

Dave Hall — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:54:52 +0000

You guys just had to do it didn’t you?

This is beginning to look like Scalzi’s place!

You asked for it:

It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears
It’s a world of hopes and a world of fears
There’s so much that we share
That’s it’s time we’re aware
It’s a small world after all

It’s a small world after all
It’s a small world after all
It’s a small world after all
It’s a small, small world

By: Donnie B.

Donnie B. — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:24:30 +0000

Hah! So, how far above the Earth does this alleged ice cream extend? Answer me that, Mr. Smarty Pants Astronomer!

By: John Morales

John Morales — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:01:10 +0000

Actually, most of the ice-cream looks salvageable – it’s obviously not been in contact with the ground.

What a waste.

By: Michael Lonergan

Michael Lonergan — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:10:10 +0000

They’re probably faux bricks, more like tiles made in the image of bricks…

By: Jack Hagerty

Jack Hagerty — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:57:04 +0000

Those are bricks, not cobblestones.

You’re welcome.

- Jack

By: Naked Bunny with a Whip

Naked Bunny with a Whip — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:35:35 +0000

Perhaps there’s a brick-mite war, afoot!

Wow, three posts in, and Spocko won the thread! I think that’s a record.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:20:41 +0000

A moment of silence for our fallen scoop.

….

Thank you.

By: Helioprogenus

Helioprogenus — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:09:50 +0000

Although there’s a lot to be said poetically about this particular image, the perceived sadness may just be in our minds. As is often the case with most Ice Cream shops, they will give you another scoop if yours falls on the floor. Sadly, I’m lactose intolerant, so without the lactase enzyme, I’m not going to have too much fun after the ice cream. Still, there are a few places that have soy substitutes, but not a big fan of soy either. I suppose those home ice cream makers with lactose free milk would work, but the whole fun of going to an ice cream place full of different choices, and having people from various walks of life finding themselves with a common goal…eating a confection of mostly frozen water and fat produced by ruminants for their offspring’s nutritional needs.

By: Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:45:30 +0000

Oh that was my ice cream. Its OK, it was a quadruple scoop, and that scoop was french vanilla and what I really wanted was butterscotch.

By: Michael Lonergan

Michael Lonergan — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:39:23 +0000

@ Celtic:
Gosh Durn it… it back fired… now Rick is rolling around in my head shooting down 99 Luftballoons…

By: MH

MH — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:38:15 +0000

This reminds of an episode of Reading Rainbow where Levar Burton got cut off in line for a carnival ride, then he dropped his huge 3-scoop ice cream cone. That made me soooo sad when I was a kid, not realizing what a miniscule portion of the show’s budget the ice cream represented.

By: Celtic_Evolution

Celtic_Evolution — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:24:38 +0000

@ Michael

Well, who CAN?

By: Andy Beaton

Andy Beaton — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:19:39 +0000

I’ve never known a kid to drop a scoop and not get it replaced, either by the parent or the store. I’ll think of it as a tiny contribution to the fight against global warming.

By: DGKnipfer

DGKnipfer — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:19:22 +0000

REAL NEWS!!!

Stephen Hawking Stepping Down From Academic Post