Got anything good planned for Thursday?

[Lady Whistledown]

...you might not want to bother.

The European Centre for Particle Physics (CERN) switches on its Large Hadron Collider on Wednesday, a 26 mile underground tunnel, designed to create mini black holes by firing atoms at each other, and thus expanding on mankind's understanding of "dark matter".

A German professor has launched a lawsuit in response to this, claiming that the probability of the world being sucked into a giant black hole as a result is a violation of his right to life under the European Convention of Human Rights.

So anyway, just to be on the safe side, it's been nice knowing you all, and thank God Yeovil is pay on the gate.

 

[Scotty Mac]

reckon that will mean that the cricket is cancelled then?

 

[Frutos]

reckon that will mean that the cricket is cancelled then?

Hmm, I'm not sure if the wiping out of all life on the planet, not to mention the planet itself, would be cause for cancelling cricket or not...I guess the games might ended being decided on that silly Duckworth Lewis thingy.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Well that would depend on what happens inside the black hole I guess.

Does everything implode, players, stumps, umpires etc, or is there a parallel dimension INSIDE a black hole that would permit a sort of cricket to be played?

That in turn begs the queston: if the world was to end on Wednesday, what would you do with your last remaining day on this earth? Kind of a waste signing Paul Ifill if that's the case.

 

[Starry]

mrs starry listens to some american radio station, i caught part of a talkshow this afternoon and they were discussing this.

a wingnut from the deep south called in and has sold his house and is partying on the money this week because he is absolutely completely convinced the world is ending when they switch this on. i thought it was fake but the radio station gave out the info for this dudes house sale and he had a bunch of loons verifying his story.

homeless and penniless by the time the week is out. poor man, should probably be in an institution.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

mrs starry listens to some american radio station, i caught part of a talkshow this afternoon and they were discussing this.

a wingnut from the deep south called in and has sold his house and is partying on the money this week because he is absolutely completely convinced the world is ending when they switch this on. i thought it was fake but the radio station gave out the info for this dudes house sale and he had a bunch of loons verifying his story.

homeless and penniless by the time the week is out. poor man, should probably be in an institution.

Haha, remember the so called Millennium computer bug? Thousands of Americans bulk purchased water, tinned goods, and headed for their bunkers in the hills in anticipation of the apocalypse on New Year's Day 2000.

I felt a bit apocalyptic that morning to be fair, but I think that was vodka.

 

[scotjem]

All that money to find out about "dark matter". We could have told them they play at Selhurst Park.

 

[El Presidente]

homeless and penniless by the time the week is out. poor man, should probably be in an institution.

That's no way to talk about George Bush.

 

[Horsham Gull]

All that money to find out about "dark matter". We could have told them they play at Selhurst Park.

cant we build another one under there?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

If the world ends this Thursday will we have signed any loan players by then ?

 

[cannedheat]

If we are going to be swallowed up by a black hole on Wednesday will it be before or after the Croatia v England game, I really would like to see how Capello gets on in a big game.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Let's be honest, it's going to have to be a bloody big hole to swallow Frank Lampard.

This is NASA's concept of a black hole (so you know what to look out for on Wednesday- there'll be a four minute warning at your place of work, don't worry):

 

[Frutos]

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[seagullsovergrimsby]

The 4 minute warning doesn't apply if you work in a supermarket as the checkouts will stay open so as not to upset the customers by telling them you are closing shortly.

 

[Mendoza]

Thursday is my birthday and I have now cancelled all my plans and found the perfect way to spend now celebrate being born

Thanks for letting me know

 

[Bluejuice]

I've been following this for a while now and there is, unsurprisingly, a lot of information to be found online.

Several half-decent efforts on Youtube give you some background if anyone else is interested in this.

Anyway, they're only turning the thing on at one end (there are TWO cannons) this week. It's when they let rip with both ends that we should really start worrying

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The 4 minute warning doesn't apply if you work in a supermarket as the checkouts will stay open so as not to upset the customers by telling them you are closing shortly.

May be worth nipping into Tesco on Tuesday night to pick up a few reduced price bargains, no?

 

[southstandandy]

I've just been given a Madonna ticket for Thursday, so if the concerts crap seeing her sucked up in a black hole might be fun.

 

[vegster]

...you might not want to bother.

The European Centre for Particle Physics (CERN) switches on its Large Hadron Collider on Wednesday, a 26 mile underground tunnel, designed to create mini black holes by firing atoms at each other, and thus expanding on mankind's understanding of "dark matter".

A German professor has launched a lawsuit in response to this, claiming that the probability of the world being sucked into a giant black hole as a result is a violation of his right to life under the European Convention of Human Rights.

So anyway, just to be on the safe side, it's been nice knowing you all, and thank God Yeovil is pay on the gate.

have you put off your bleep tests and invested heavily in Chocolate for the next 48 hours ?

 

[Hungry Joe]

My brother's going to be really pissed off; he still hasn't got over those bastards spoiling his birthday by flying planes into buildings.