May 10, 2008

Carl Sagan, Where Are You When We Need You?
FOUND by Allan in Houston, Texas
I found this sheet lying in front of a World Market store in the Galleria section of town, where the rich go to shop (I was just passing through on my way to visit the Tom Delay Museum and Barber College in Sugarland), and apparently their children go to bomb science class.
superpablo in style
My anus only has eleven moons.
+ May 10, 2008 12:12 AM +
Name Withheld in Undisclosed Location
colomiters? theires? Boys go to jupider to get more stupider. This makes my brain hurt almost as much as yesterday's math story problem.
+ May 10, 2008 12:31 AM +
Josie in Vancouver
Hehehe this is so cute. I remember when I was just learning to spell and it all kinda looked like this. It's phonetic so easy to figure out, but looking at it it makes NO sense. Must be a few years old though, Pluto got demoted!! (*hugs Pluto* don't worry, I'm not a planet either)

I don't understand the description though, how is this "bomb science"...? Looks like astronomy to me!!
+ May 10, 2008 01:38 AM +
Pyrophorus in 3 colomiters from the sum
Bomb science as in fail miserably.

But despite the lack of explosives, it would be rather hot 525 meters from the sun.
+ May 10, 2008 01:48 AM +
Nikki in from the hailstorm
Theires?
+ May 10, 2008 07:33 AM +
usher in g you safely into the apocalypse
As far as I can tell, theires = theories
+ May 10, 2008 07:39 AM +
Danielle in her dorm room
I was under the impression that bomb science = awesome.

As in, "this science is the bomb".

"DA BOMB science".

I could be wrong.
+ May 10, 2008 08:15 AM +
Carlene in Calgary
I love the headline.
Kids DO need more Carl Sagans and Bill Nyes.
We look to them for future theires!
+ May 10, 2008 08:28 AM +
Coco in decisive
This is how teachers keep kids busy during Bill Nye movies. MANDATORY note taking. If you don't take notes you fail. If you do take notes, nothing happens, almost none of you will ever have to use this in the future.
+ May 10, 2008 08:35 AM +
baby basil in the herb garden
So, how many colomiders in a leader?
+ May 10, 2008 10:28 AM +
H in A
It's been a long time since I took a science class, but I think Jupiter is more than 5.25 meters away from the sun...
+ May 10, 2008 11:16 AM +
emily also in houston
Who knows? Maybe this kid is bound for Nasa (which is only about 26 miles [almost 42 colomiters] east of the Galleria). He could lead the first manned flight to Jupider or to one of Uranus's 18 moons.
+ May 10, 2008 01:24 PM +
Night in gale
"It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little bit about it."
-Carl Sagen
+ May 10, 2008 01:55 PM +
Smallbear in the Cave
63

72

81

90

????
+ May 10, 2008 05:50 PM +
Krista in Toronto
@Smallbear: 99. My question is, why are you asking?
+ May 10, 2008 07:37 PM +
Coco in decisive
Nightingale, agreed. Just kind of feel that way about my teachers in elementary school and their busy work. ;)
+ May 10, 2008 09:20 PM +
Smallbear in the Cave
@Krista I was commenting on the odd numerical pattern seen in the Find.Don't believe it is intentional, but if it is why a jump of 9 each time was my question?
+ May 10, 2008 10:34 PM +
BoyInHiding in Montreal
This slip of paper obviously refers to a scale model of the solar system that this child (I certainly hope it was a child) saw on a field trip to a museum or planetarium. I didn't do the math, but the numbers look about right. If Jupiter, on a scale model is 525 metres away from the sun, then Neptune, on that same scale would be 3 kilometres away, and Pluto, 4.

This note doesn't scream out for an improved astronomy curriculum, but, as usual, a lash with the grammar and spelling switch.
+ May 11, 2008 06:10 AM +
Puckhog in orbit
It is a very crowded solar system.
+ May 11, 2008 08:26 AM +
Mr. K in Prov
Boyinhiding:

Thank you for posting that! I was about to give up hope that any finders would figure that one out, but you did!

Seems like the kid was taking notes and lost it. Now don't you all feel bad for making fun of him! ;-)
+ May 12, 2008 06:00 AM +
Librarian in the woodwork
Colomiters in space! I guess as long as there's a "don't ask, don't tell" policy, they can be anywhere, eh?
+ May 12, 2008 06:53 AM +
BoyInHiding in Montreal
Mr. K.
Serves me right for owning telescope for 20 years, and not letting gather dust in the basement. Hopefully he was able to finish his report on his field trip.

Glad you noticed that I noticed. :-)
+ May 12, 2008 01:22 PM +
Holly the Homemaker in Toronto

Aw, poor lad. At least he took notes, even though he's the only one who can read them.

You never know, he could end up working for NASA.
+ May 13, 2008 09:19 AM +
wade
what "odd numerical pattern seen in the Find"
+ May 13, 2008 10:10 AM +
Terrie-Is-So-Very in totally-unique-ville
Boys go to Jupider to get more stupider.
+ May 13, 2008 02:22 PM +
Emma in FL
But... 18, 5.25, 3, 4, 4. Not really differences of 9. At all. Ever.
+ May 13, 2008 08:08 PM +
Dudley in Way Up There
If I were Pluto, I'd take Charon, Nix and Hydra and go look for another star to orbit. Fuck you, Earth! I'm a planet.
+ May 15, 2008 05:58 PM +
simply in conceivable
@Small Bear
What the heck are you talking about? What numbers??
+ May 16, 2008 01:29 AM +
Mr. Skeptic in Sewanee, TN
I found this downright cute. The handwriting looked like that of a very young child, and it at least looked like he cared enough to try. And hey, at least the school doesn't seem to teach an Earth-centered Ptolemaic universe.
+ May 22, 2008 04:38 PM +
Maximus in Ann Arbor
Wow i could have ran from neptune to the sun and back yesterday. 6 colomiters really wears you out
+ June 02, 2008 02:49 PM +
Jason in Kentucky
I'd like to hear the four basic theories for where the moon came from.
+ June 11, 2008 01:17 AM +

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