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metallic object pierces a New Jersey roof—and the usual suspect is blamed:

The object is the size of a golf ball but weighs as much as a can of soup, according to AP.

“I saw it’s a UFO,” said one neighbour.

Another believed it was connected to “some kind of global warming thing.”

(Via Josh J.)

Posted by Tim B. on 01/05/2007 at 06:33 PM
    1. Magic Jew missile?

      Posted by iowahawk on 2007 01 05 at 06:35 PM • permalink

 

    1. Only if it’s precisely centered in the roof, and caused instantaneous rusting.

      Posted by Mike G on 2007 01 05 at 06:42 PM • permalink

 

    1. >Magic Jew missile?

      >Only if it’s precisely centered in the roof, and caused instantaneous rusting.

      Damn those Jews!  Now they are attacking New Jersey to prevent the Palestinians from establishing a homeland there!

      Posted by Room 237 on 2007 01 05 at 06:44 PM • permalink

 

    1. THE SKY IS FALLING!  THE SKY IS FALLING!

      God, that is so appropriate!

      Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 01 05 at 06:52 PM • permalink

 

    1. I think it was probably Russian space debris.  A bunch of it fell on Colorado and places west (although New Jersey is pretty far east).

      Posted by RebeccaH on 2007 01 05 at 07:06 PM • permalink

 

    1. Russian space debris defecting to New Jersey.  However, I still blame Bush.

      Posted by missred on 2007 01 05 at 07:10 PM • permalink

 

    1. Don’t laugh, you Climate Deniers.

      This phenomenon can be scientifically linked to Anthropological Global Warming.  As you know, the Earth once had a thick atmosphere, and meteors etc. usually burnt up on entry.

      However, the depletion of the ozone layer, and proliferation of GHGs had caused a dramatic thinning of the atmosphere, which allows previously harmless-sized meteorites to strike the earth’s surface in far greater numbers than before.

      It is almost biblical in its proportions, with rocks raining from the heavens in response to mankind’s transgressions against Mother Nature.

      Repent now and change your ways, or doom will envelop you!

      Posted by Kaboom on 2007 01 05 at 07:20 PM • permalink

 

    1. Metallic objects falling from the sky toward my head!?

      I may have to re-think my stance on this whole Global Heating thingy!!

      Posted by rinardman on 2007 01 05 at 07:25 PM • permalink

 

    1. Sounds like one of my kidney stones.

      Posted by TonyD on 2007 01 05 at 07:28 PM • permalink

 

    1. Saw some video of that Russion rocket breaking up over the US.  Pretty gutsy stuff.  Did any of it land?

      Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2007 01 05 at 07:31 PM • permalink

 

    1. Ummm, where was the closest Red Cross?

      Posted by El Cid on 2007 01 05 at 07:35 PM • permalink

 

    1. “I saw it’s a UFO,” said one neighbour.

      Another believed it was connected to “some kind of global warming thing.”

      And we let these people drive, vote and all that shit.

      What a country, huh?

      OH to the braino concerning the “some kind of global warming thing.”

      And that would be?

      A. A dead Polar Bear claw?
      B. Al Gore taking a shit from his plane?
      C. Glacial ice flipped up by a Sea Lion?
      D. Your ‘old ladies’ underwear?
      E. Your ‘old man’s underwear?
      F. ________________________
      fill in the blank, blank. even your friend with the UFO has an IQ slightly higher and I’m guessing yours somewhere in the neighborhood of 5

      Posted by El Cid on 2007 01 05 at 07:46 PM • permalink

 

    1. NJ state love song :“I met my love / On a pile of debris’’

      It’s on Sinatra’s “Come Fly with Me’’ album.

      Posted by rhhardin on 2007 01 05 at 07:46 PM • permalink

 

    1. The earth is so hot it is smelting satellites in orbit!

      Deny that, Gaia-hater.

      Posted by cobalt blue on 2007 01 05 at 07:57 PM • permalink

 

    1. The object is the size of a golf ball but weighs as much as a can of soup, according to AP.

      And don’t make fun of my wife’s Grandma’s dumplings.

      Posted by El Cid on 2007 01 05 at 08:11 PM • permalink

 

    1. “size of a golf ball but weighs as much as a can of soup”

      Ok, that’s precise.  We’ll assume they mean it’s dense.

      Sounds like a nickle-iron metorite to me.  A little Iridium, maybe some cobalt…

      Worth some money to whoever can legally claim it.  Everybody knows that “sky-steel” makes the best swords.

      Posted by fclark on 2007 01 05 at 08:32 PM • permalink

 

    1. some kind of global warming thing’

      otherwise known as a ‘skogwat.’

      skogwats, raining down on us from the heavens…

      Posted by JonathanH on 2007 01 05 at 08:46 PM • permalink

 

    1. Tears of gaia.

      Posted by lotocoti on 2007 01 05 at 09:11 PM • permalink

 

    1. #17 JonathanH – skogwat, now that’s a useful word.  Must remember that one…

      Posted by anthony_r on 2007 01 05 at 10:29 PM • permalink

 

    1. Of course it’s UFO debris.  I always believe Victor Buono on this stuff:  [Victor Buono audio clip]

      Posted by Dave in Chicago on 2007 01 05 at 10:40 PM • permalink

 

    1. Who makes a fricking weight comparison to a “can of soup”?

      When I was in the Air Force I had to fill out a questionaire that had a line that consisted of two words –

      Member’s weight.

      So I wrote in the space provided , “approximately the same as a small house cat”.

      The powers that be were not amused.

      Posted by joe bagadonuts on 2007 01 05 at 10:41 PM • permalink

 

    1. “Another believed it was connected to ‘some kind of global warming thing.’”

      This guy clearly has been breathing downwind of the Standard Oil refinery stacks for ‘way, ‘way too long.

      Posted by Urbs in Horto on 2007 01 05 at 10:55 PM • permalink

 

    1. If it’s a Titleist 2, then it’s mine. Oh, sorry, FORE!

      Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 01 05 at 11:09 PM • permalink

 

    1. Joe Bagadonuts? I’m reliably informed that when at “parade rest” the weight of an average male’s member is about 4 oz.

      Just don’t ask me how I know this, you really don’t want to know, trust me.

      Posted by Zoe Brain on 2007 01 05 at 11:40 PM • permalink

 

    1. #9: Still laughing.

      Actually, it looks rather like my first, and last, attempt at making scones.

      Posted by SandiM on 2007 01 05 at 11:54 PM • permalink

 

    1. Golf ball: 1.682” diameter according to the regulations. 2.5 cubic inches, almost exactly.

      I don’t have a standard can of soup handy, but IIRC it’s twelve ounces. If 2.5 cu. in. masses twelve ounces, that’s seven tons per hogshead, or a bit over 500 pounds per cubic foot. Iron is 490, nickel 550 or so.

      If it’s a nickel-iron meteorite (which is very likely) the person who wrote the story is a nice judge of weights and measures.

      Regards,
      Ric

      Posted by Ric Locke on 2007 01 06 at 12:45 AM • permalink

 

    1. P.S.—the fellow next in line after me for getting blood drawn this morning was wearing a T-shirt upon which was written: “Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.”

      Regards,
      Ric

      Posted by Ric Locke on 2007 01 06 at 12:50 AM • permalink

 

    1. #13

      I thought the song went:
      ‘Twas on a pile of debris that I found her…

      Posted by triticale on 2007 01 06 at 12:54 AM • permalink

 

    1. Zoe: LOL.
      Knowing your story, we can have a pretty good guess at how you know about such information.

      Posted by Skeeter on 2007 01 06 at 02:06 AM • permalink

 

    1. That Global Warmening is causing all sorts of problems….

      Posted by Kaboom on 2007 01 06 at 02:31 AM • permalink

 

    1. Pesky neighborhood kids with one of these.

      Posted by Grimmy on 2007 01 06 at 04:32 AM • permalink

 

    1. #24
      Joe Bagadonuts? I’m reliably informed that when at “parade rest” the weight of an average male’s member is about 4 oz.

      Just don’t ask me how I know this, you really don’t want to know, trust me.

      That would be pretty well spot on Zoe Brain. Incidentally that’s the way you can identify the clan of the man by the tartan he wears … lift the tartan, and if it’s a quarter pounder he’s a McDonald

      Posted by galenmk on 2007 01 06 at 04:37 AM • permalink

 

    1. #32, galenmk:

      Unless you’re a real pretty lass, going around lifting tartans will get you pounded over more than just a quarter of yourself.

      Posted by Grimmy on 2007 01 06 at 05:25 AM • permalink

 

    1. #31 grimmy – i want one of these babies

      (comes preloaded with a pig for dealing with plastic presbyterians)

      Posted by eeniemeenie on 2007 01 06 at 08:11 AM • permalink

 

    1. The object is the size of a golf ball but weighs as much as a can of soup

      would that be chunky mulligatawny or a low fat celery broth?

      Posted by eeniemeenie on 2007 01 06 at 08:41 AM • permalink

 

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