Mmhmm, somebody was certainly bored today…
However, very well researched, or at least cut and pasted well. Donald Yeoman IS the NASA dude, and there is a Lincoln Near Earth yadda yadda…hosted at MIT Lincoln labs.
Nicely done!
Aodhan
That asteroid/comet in the illustration was about the size of Greenland. Do you think they just don’t want to scare us with the real facts? They slipped with that photograph.) Like, maybe earth is going to hit a BIG asteroid (not the other way around) or hit one of the other planets? Do you think NASA will warn us if we’re going to collide with Saturn? I’m going to go hide in a cave until this thing passes.
Tony
Those expensive wood whistles will burn up. Better invest in asbestos ones.
WhOA…
On 2002-07-24 19:14, TelegramSam wrote:
Mmhmm, somebody was certainly bored today…
No. I’m just trying to put some perspective on things.
Dale
I noticed that an asteroid is supposed to hit C&F every million years. Maybe at a regular enough interval to keep time for a very slow air…
Scott
“For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.”
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Dale,
You don’t suppose that this catastrophe could bring about the early arrival and intervention of the Crystal Peop///////////////priority interrupt/////// \tracking source\\\\target deleted////////////////////////8556.22\END
I think that we ought to gather a collection of all whistles, but most importantly some examples of the ‘high’ quality end - which isn’t necessarily the same as expensive!
Then we put them into an indestructable case,
to preserve them, just in case the asteroid does indeed impact the Chiff & Fipple home world.
Although I haven’t worked out the exact (or any!) details of launching the above collection into a stable orbit, where it could be found in the future, and be seen as an example of the height of culture obtained by the whistling population, I volunteer to collect such pristine examples of whistles, and to regularly test and maintain them.
So if you want your whistle in the collection
send it to me!
For posterity of course.
No whistles were harmed in the transmission of this communication.
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So in 17 years we’re toast? Rules out learning the pipes I guess. 
We’re not violating any copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights are we Dale? Or is it, as the disclaimer in Mad magazine said, for parody purposes only?
On 2002-07-24 22:08, DaleWisely wrote:
No. I’m just trying to put some perspective on things.
Dale
I don’t suppose that you are familiar with the Total Perspective Vortex, are you?
On 2002-07-25 04:12, Walden wrote:
We’re not violating any copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights are we Dale? Or is it, as the disclaimer in Mad magazine said, for parody purposes only?
Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’m screwed on intellectual property and trademarks. I wonder if federal prison will have internet connections.
On 2002-07-25 08:15, EricWingler wrote:
On 2002-07-24 22:08, DaleWisely wrote:
No. I’m just trying to put some perspective on things.
Dale
I don’t suppose that you are familiar with the Total Perspective Vortex, are you?
Not really, but I think I can get the general idea from the name alone. Incidentally, I think my new vacuum cleaner employs that technology.
Dale
Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’m screwed on intellectual property and trademarks. I wonder if federal prison will have internet connections.
As long as they let you take your favorite whistle, who cares, right?
On 2002-07-25 08:35, DaleWisely wrote:
Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’m screwed on intellectual property and trademarks. I wonder if federal prison will have internet connections.
Naw! They won’t get you for that. When they get smart enough to figure out the secret codes here, THAT’S when you can start to worry!
You see, Chiff & Fipple is code for C&F. These are the two notes that are sharp in the key of D. D is the primary whistle key. Now if you take the///////////TROZ\\ NARF\\\ fipple //////////////ZORT {{{{{{ Crystal people death ray!!
So if the world was going to be destroyed by an asteroid, would the crystal people evacuate us C&F’ers?
You see, Chiff & Fipple is code for C&F. These are the two notes that are sharp in the key of D…
Hmm, I never noticed that before. Quite a cool observation…
That story about the threat of being hit by a giant asteroid certainly makes a DEEP IMPACT on me. you know,scientists believe that an asteroid collision 65 million years ago wiped out the dinosaurs- the last creatures with hands big enough to successfully play an Overton bass A. All i can say is, if the asteriod threat is for real ‘ARMAGEDDON’ outa here!.I thought asteroids were what spacemen got through sitting on cold seats! (thats enough asteroid jokes for now!) kevin’spaced-out’ m.