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   bmonk said, 6 months ago

   That’s what he and H.G.Wells said, I think….

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   Margueritem said, 6 months ago

   BMONK, you’re back! How was your trip?

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   bald 716 said, 6 months ago

   you know jeffrey… when you try to come back the martians will sneak onboard

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   ARF2 said, 6 months ago

   Jeffrey, that deadline was six years ago! And, if Mars ever appears as large as the Moon as seen from Earth, DUCK!!!

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   TheInquisitor said, 6 months ago

   That’s a level of stupid almost up there with the episode of Heroes where they described an eclipse as a global event. That’s when I couldn’t bear to watch it any more.

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   Vote said, 6 months ago

   As large as the moon? Who started this ridiculous astro-urban legend? Isn’t the Jeffery character supposed to be smart or something?

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   ScatteringBliss said, 6 months ago

   Inquisitor, Heroes has gotten much better this season, give it another go!

   It sounds like Mars is going to be invaded by Terrestrians, actually.

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   cdward said, 6 months ago

   C’mon, they are kids after all.

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   Desultourist said, 6 months ago

   “Every year. Every fracking year.” (Phil Plait, astronomer)

   August 13, 2003 - “That’s silly!”
   August 24, 2005 - “Don’t believe everything you read. The email is wrong.”
   August 8, 2006 - “I can’t believe I’m writing this, again!”
   July 27th, 2007 - “Mars won’t be as big as the Moon! Get over it!”
   August 19th, 2008 - “It’s baloney, wrong, a lie, a con, a hoax, a joke, a falsehood.”

   http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/19/mars-as-big-as-the-moon-its-baaaaack/ etc.

   Someone, please! In the name of astronomers’ blood pressure all over the world. Make it stop already.

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    Danny Holstein said, 6 months ago

    I can handle “as big as the moon”, oddly enough. It’s the “may not occur” that gets me, you’d think Jeffrey would have the confidence with exact astronomical calculations that he’d say “won’t occur” instead.

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    ninmas said, 6 months ago

    hi bmonk!

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    PixieDreams said, 6 months ago

    Please - stomp out this urban legend!
    Wait - I hear it being dusted off again as we speak……

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    Wiley said, 6 months ago

    Relax, folks. It’s just using this internet myth as a storyline. Let it play out.

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    Robert Peters said, 6 months ago

    I thought he was saying that he intended to invade Mars, not that Martians were going to invade us.

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    Hookoa said, 6 months ago

    A) As BRIGHT as the moon, not as LARGE as the moon
    AND
    B) That event happened in August of 2003, as has been pointed out.
    AND
    It was VERY spectacular, and lasted for several weeks.

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    GuntotingLiberal said, 6 months ago

    Hard to believe that was almost 6 years ago now. Where does the time go?

    I wonder if Jeffrey’s going to find out that men are indeed from Mars: a planet of aging white politicians, shows of machismo and socks with sandals?

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    nighthawks said, 6 months ago

    READ wiley’s comment!—-its a storyline!
    be patient!!!!!!!!!

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    Desultourist said, 6 months ago

    Ah, the so strangely out-of-character scientific incorrectness is but a guise, to dupe the gullible. It was probably Jeffrey himself who circulated the myth, all to culminate in this clever mastermind scheme, yet to witness. Okay, that’s plausible enough. Disbelief suspended.

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    RayPendergast said, 6 months ago

    Okay, let’s remember it’s just a comic strip. Ideas have to come from somewhere. If you want the real scoop on the situation, go here http://www.snopes.com/science/astronomy/brightmars.asp

    Have a great day.

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    TheWildSow said, 6 months ago

    Hahahahahaha! I can’t believe Jeffrey of all people would fall for that! Yes, it was 6 years ago, folks.

    And it was a poorly worded sentence in the first place. “At a modest 75-power magnification, Mars will look as large as the full Moon (looks!) to the naked eye…..”

    Clear and dark skies (and small Mars!) to you all :-)

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    Wildmustang1262 said, 6 months ago

    UFO is such a bleeping fake!

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    Northwoodser said, 6 months ago

    Brings to mind what Ernie Kovacs once said.”Even though the moon is only one seventh the size of the earth, it’s further away.

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    the GhostPony said, 6 months ago

    Crickey… seems that some folks have forgotten their sense of humor!

    And besides, everyone knows that Martians have already been to earth… who do you think helped the Egyptians build those pyramids?

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    MIYY4U said, 6 months ago

    Ernie Kovacs? Wasn’t he a writer for Yogi Berra?
    Good one Northwoodser.

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    grazer said, 6 months ago

    IT’S TRUE!!—-NASA astronomers predict Mars will definately be as big as the moon this coming August for sure this time!

    ~Now pass this information along to at least ten others within the hour or something bad will happen to you.

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    peterkeenan said, 6 months ago

    Oh, Grazer, NASA couldn’t possibly have said that - for one thing they spelt definitely wrong!

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    Bender_Sastre said, 6 months ago

    That’s what she said.

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    Terry1844 said, 6 months ago

    on the day where the planet Mars appears as BIG as the Earth’s Moon is the day that you can place your head between your legs and kiss your sweet @$$ good-bye

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    3hourtour said, 6 months ago

    How is Star Trek like toilet paper…they both circle Uranus and whip out Klingons…

30. 

    bmonk said, 6 months ago

    Trip was pretty tiring, but good. Seeing the family was great, and the funeral was good, if you have a reason to have a funeral.

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    MurphyHerself said, 6 months ago

    It’s all in the interpretation, Jeff :)