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Pastimes : Carl Sagan Memorial Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jbIII who wrote (101)	8/24/1999 1:58:00 PM
From: Tom Smith	Respond to of 103

jb, Thanks for posting the story. I'll look forward to the Sagan biography this fall. Tom

To: jbIII who wrote (101)	8/26/1999 1:03:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 103

I remember Sagan all over the media about the time of the Gulf War saying that the fires there would produce the same effect as nuclear winter and would not be put out for years. Others scientists and events relieved what a jerk Sagan was - the black petrol clouds would not affect the upper atmosphere and the fires were put out in relatively short order. The Top 12 Theories Developed by Carl Sagan While Stoned 12) The period of rotation of Pulsar JC9270 totally synchs up with the drum solo in In A Gadda Da Vida, man! 11) "Twinkies, Twinkies, little stars; seem so close, yet are so far." 10) The Theory of Munchitivity: At times, peanut butter is more valuable than gold. 9) The sensor casing from a mass spectrometer makes a handy roach clip. 8) "Some day, with all of our advances in science and technology, we'll be able to land a man on the sun." 7) The Big Bong Theory 6) If you took a hit while travelling at the speed of light, you'd get one major rush, dude. 5) Betty Crocker brownies > Duncan Hines brownies 4) "Theory of Joint Relativity": A complex quantum physics equation that proves that the more pot you smoke, the slower your automobile travels with you at the wheel. 3) Floyd rocks! 2) A single "You Are Here" sign will work EVERYwhere. and the Number 1 Theory Developed by Carl Sagan While Stoned... 1) Wow, man! There are, like, a LOT of stars. There must be hundreds of 'em. Maybe even thousands. No... millions and millions! Wait -- I'm onto something here... topfive.com