Noddaz
Noddaz GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
1/31/24 7:16 a.m.

asteroid = 64 Canadian geese

Asteroid the size of 64 Canadian geese to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA

 

 

AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter)
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/31/24 9:25 a.m.

becuase berkeley the metric system, that's why!

AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter)
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/31/24 9:26 a.m.
No Time
No Time UltraDork
1/31/24 9:28 a.m.

Canadian geese would be metric, right?

ShawnG
ShawnG MegaDork
1/31/24 9:33 a.m.

To convert American Geese units to Canadian, just double it and add thirty.

Only a few of you will get it, the rest will fake it.

AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter)
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/31/24 9:35 a.m.

In reply to ShawnG :

so that's like 36 metric beers

Curtis73 (Forum Supporter)
Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/31/24 9:44 a.m.

I was traveling with a hot girlfriend in Ontario.  She saw a sign for the town we were entering that said "population 74,000."

Her:  74,000?  This town doesn't seem that big.
Me:  Well, that's metric population
Her:  Oh yeah, I keep forgetting.

We didn't date much longer after that.

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
1/31/24 10:44 a.m.
Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
1/31/24 10:47 a.m.

I wonder if that asteroid is anything like Canadian geese? It wakes up every day and chooses violence .

RacetruckRon
RacetruckRon GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
1/31/24 10:56 a.m.

Banana-goose for scale

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
1/31/24 11:11 a.m.

I'm somewhat alarmed by the comparison of this asteroid to a flock of geese.  If geese are known for anything, it's pooping.  Is this asteroid going to dump on us?

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn11.bigcommerce.com%2Fs-10c6f%2Fimages%2Fstencil%2F2560w%2Fproducts%2F51390%2F77476%2FWS47122__20730.1600272417.jpg%3Fc%3D2&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2213b07ac9dbe35992f975070836039d4cdeac00574843a61b87ce16f7d44a69&ipo=images

llysgennad
llysgennad HalfDork
1/31/24 12:45 p.m.

Y'all are skipping over the part in the link about the last fowl attack...

 

"the Earth was already hit by an asteroid earlier this month.

The asteroid in question, 2024 BX1, was around the size of two ducks"

 

No nationality given.

 

 

RevRico
RevRico GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/31/24 12:47 p.m.

I'm fairly certain there's a person that works for the Jerusalem Post whose office is full of See n Says, and they go to him for the scale animal.

For those that don't know, the majority of these off the wall comparison headlines start there.

JG Pasterjak
JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
1/31/24 2:56 p.m.

Just over here doing my part for asteroid safety 

RX Reven'
RX Reven' GRM+ Memberand UberDork
1/31/24 3:15 p.m.

wvumtnbkr
wvumtnbkr GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
1/31/24 3:56 p.m.

Um... they are Canada Geese.  Just because everybody started calling them Canadian, doesn't make it right.

 

They are not of the nationality of Canada (Canadian).

 

Don't get me started on how just because everybody calls something a certain thing, doesn't make it right.

 

Get off my lawn.

No Time
No Time UltraDork
1/31/24 4:14 p.m.
wvumtnbkr said:

Um... they are Canada Geese.  Just because everybody started calling them Canadian, doesn't make it right.

 

They are not of the nationality of Canada (Canadian).

 

Don't get me started on how just because everybody calls something a certain thing, doesn't make it right.

 

Get off my lawn.

Oh.... so like Canada mints not being Canadian mints?

 

wvumtnbkr
wvumtnbkr GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
1/31/24 4:16 p.m.
No Time said:
wvumtnbkr said:

Um... they are Canada Geese.  Just because everybody started calling them Canadian, doesn't make it right.

 

They are not of the nationality of Canada (Canadian).

 

Don't get me started on how just because everybody calls something a certain thing, doesn't make it right.

 

Get off my lawn.

Oh.... so like Canada mints not being Canadian mints?

 

I suppose if they belonged to Canada, they could be Canadian mints.

No Time
No Time UltraDork
1/31/24 4:21 p.m.

In reply to wvumtnbkr :

Wait, so Canada geese belong to Canada? Wouldn't that make them Canada's geese? Still not Canadian, but now I'm confused. 

wvumtnbkr
wvumtnbkr GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
1/31/24 4:36 p.m.

In reply to No Time :

Uh, I wrote my response in a strange manner.  Fixed it.

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
1/31/24 4:40 p.m.

Oh, no.  Somebody's got to take the blame for Canadian geese, and Canadia is just the place where that blame needs to go.

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