Comments on: Murphy’s Law – Next floor, Uranus

By: Gfellow

Gfellow — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:54:29 +0000

IMHO, the space elevator is mankind’s umbilical cord to our species future existence. A cursory glance at the geological record of this planet will affirm that our species’ survival down here in the Earth’s gravity well does not look too good in the long run.
$20 billion? It’s going to cost more than that, but what price do you put on species insurance?
I realize it’s a personal question, and that in a world of cynics and sapien bashers. But for me, it ain’t rocket science

By: Sasparilla Gretsch

Sasparilla Gretsch — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:04:20 +0000

I find this concept very hard to believe. Afterlife? Are you kidding? Next, you’re going to tell me they’re trying to build a fucking elevator to space.

By: Joelle

Joelle — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:02:25 +0000

Also, I think Penez would be a great name for a penis-shaped Pez dispenser.

By: Thor

Thor — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:24:58 +0000

Carrying on the commentjack.
I propose that the plural of penis is changed to pennies. This is based on the need to further immaturity and add confusion.
“I got a pocketful of pennies and one of them is for you, diggidy, diggidy, dig.”
Or “check out the hippopotamusesesesesi with their pennies hanging in the breeze”.

Ahhh, the evolution (read: bastardisation) of language it’s not just for rappers anymore!

By: Joel Murphy

Joel Murphy — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:28:28 +0000

Penez sounds like a really immature derogatory nickname for Perez Hilton.

And Thor, your comment kills me. “The problem as I see it: the earth ROTATES. Do we really want an earth with a hard-on banging into every non-geostationary satellite and playing baseball with comets?” Brilliant.

Bill, the articles I read all suggested the possibility of using them to transport people into space. The space restaurants thing really was brought up too.

By: Joelle

Joelle — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:05:40 +0000

commentjacking
nerdvoice

Amanda: a very quick and dirty search shows that while penes is correct according to pluralization rules, in usage either penises or penes is correct.

/nerdvoice
/commentjacking

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:40:08 +0000

Thor:
I think Freud would stick with his orginal assumptions: We love penes (plural of penis – penes?) and we want to have sex with our mothers. But, to be fair to Americans I think it appropriate to say that we love super-sized penes (still doesn’t seem right in plural form) and mothers who go on talk-shows to determine their baby daddy.

Maybe on that really long elevator ride, aside from knitting hoverboards and shoving corks up peoples asses, we should re-invent the rules of pluralization for the word penis. I vote Penez, myself.

By: Joelle

Joelle — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:04:34 +0000

Rachel: I could probably knit you one. (hovering not guaranteed)

By: RachelD

RachelD — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:14:42 +0000

All I can say is….I want a hoverboard for Christmas.

By: Thor

Thor — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:16:44 +0000

There’s always someone who farts in the elevator, bad enough when you’re only going to the 15th floor. And what about those jerks that will jump in and select the 15th floor? Use the F***king stairs man!

The problem as I see it: the earth ROTATES. Do we really want an earth with a hard-on banging into every non-geostationary satellite and playing baseball with comets?
This is just scientists who have maternal issues displayed as phallic obsession. What would Freud make of our modern society?