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Old 02-25-2007, 04:23 AM   #16
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Yuck, Bruce, don't say things like that! Take it back!
Yo, I wasn't the one posting the picture of the worm hole, you did.
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Old 02-25-2007, 10:03 AM   #17
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wow. i would get out of there strata-way.
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Old 02-25-2007, 10:44 AM   #18
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I don't get it... Where did the 60,000cubic yards of dirt go?!?!?

That's the same as 6,000 dump truck loads!

That's like 10 loads a day for 2 years...

That has to have gone somewhere... There should be some guy standing in his field wondering.. F**^ing gophers!
Maybe it was eaten by whatever made the hole
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Old 02-25-2007, 10:46 AM   #19
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wow. i would get out of there strata-way.
Welcome to the cellar, meredithsindedo.
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Old 02-25-2007, 10:55 AM   #20
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Yo, I wasn't the one posting the picture of the worm hole, you did.
That was the Almighty Sarlaac from Star Wars. It certainly wasn't mine!
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Old 02-25-2007, 11:49 AM   #21
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My 5 year-old nephew is obsessed with this. He wanted me to take him to "Guammammala" to see it. I showed him the globe and said, "we live HERE and the hole is waaaaay down here!" He was unimpressed.

He said, "can we go today?"
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Old 02-25-2007, 05:15 PM   #22
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It swallowed 10 homes??? No way! Where would they have been? It's mostly swallowed road and vacant lot, plus a small corner of a building (about 8m by 2m by my estimate).


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I don't get it... Where did the 60,000cubic yards of dirt go?!?!?
Washed away. The story says it is caused by a ruptured sewage/rainwater drain, and that "A rush of water could be heard from its depths". Never underestimate the earth-moving capabilities of running water.
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Old 02-25-2007, 05:30 PM   #23
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I don't get it... Where did the 60,000cubic yards of dirt go?!?!?
Maybe the Guatemalans have discovered a new weapon of mass destruction.
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Old 02-25-2007, 05:32 PM   #24
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Old 02-25-2007, 05:35 PM   #25
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That was the Almighty Sarlaac from Star Wars. It certainly wasn't mine!
I know what it was supposed to be, but Lucas cheaped out and used an unemployed worm from Dune to simulate Sarlacc. That's because Sarlacc's agent thought he had Lucas by the short hairs, but I digress.

You're not a worm because you type, worms don't type. I doubt if you have any wormholes in you, because if you did, I'll bet you'd be seeking some medical help, rather than hanging in the Cellar.
That said, it's your wormhole because you posted it. Jeez, that's one of the basic tenets of the Intarweb, "If you bring a wormhole on the net, it's your responsibility, not tech-attendants or baggage handlers.
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Old 02-25-2007, 06:58 PM   #26
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Okay, mea culpa. It's my worm. How does one de-worm a planet?
Or is it this sort of wormhole?
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Maybe the Guatemalans have discovered a new weapon of mass destruction.
I didn't know Guatemala is in Iraq!
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Old 02-26-2007, 03:50 AM   #28
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Okay, mea culpa. It's my worm. How does one de-worm a planet?
Tell Bush there's oil in it.
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Old 02-26-2007, 04:56 AM   #29
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about 8m by 2m by my estimate
That's right 10 Guatemalan homes!! What's the problem? That was actually 10 large homes..
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Old 02-26-2007, 07:48 AM   #30
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...snip... Never underestimate the earth-moving capabilities of running water.
I don't

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