Apophis Asteroid
Named after the Egyptian demon of destruction and darkness.
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Twizla ...a shrew living on the edge of a bog, extinct on, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 20:33,
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Ooh!
Imagine how much more would get spent on space programmes if that starts to look increasingly likely.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 20:38,
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Or
Missile programmes
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Twizla ...a shrew living on the edge of a bog, extinct on, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 20:40,
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it's essentially the same thing, I guess,
which is why Sputnik frightened everybody so much.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 20:41,
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Hey, you are
interfering with my competence here!
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 20:41,
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How
so?
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Twizla ...a shrew living on the edge of a bog, extinct on, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 20:43,
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Your profile pic made his winkle go stiff
& now he's confused & tearful.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 21:18,
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Hahaha.
But what profile pic?
Nah, just last few (two?) asteroid scares were posted by me, that's all.
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 21:27,
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You got me, there's no profile pic.
Mind, I don't know the state of your (hypothetical) winkle either.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 21:34,
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If by 'you got me'
you meant that I was let down by absence of profile pic, then yes.
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 21:43,
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Just back from The Impossible
We will not know where and when we will be obliterated, and TBH, we are bad caretakers of this planet
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The Scrunt Wants a Dozen Pints, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 21:01,
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