Loony alert!

[unixronin]

Proving that there is no limit to stupidity and rapaciousness, some loony Russian woman is sueing NASA for $300 million for screwing up her astrological future by knocking a little tiny divot off a comet she probably wouldn't even have known was there if not for the news publicity over Deep Impact.  Her equally-loony lawyer claims that "The impact changed the magnetic properties of the comet, and this could have affected mobile telephony here on Earth."

Let's see you prove that claim in court, asshat.  We'll wait while you travel in person out to the comet to measure its changed magnetic field.  Better take REALLY sensitive instruments with you; neither water-ice nor methane are ferromagnetic materials.  Oh, by the way -- how long can you hold your breath?

Comments

[likefinewine.livejournal.com]

Ahhh.... But! Would any of us have ever heard/known of Ms. Marina Bay, in Russia? If she had not done this ~~~~ thing? >,-)

What's the old quote... "Write anything as long as you spell my name right." Or the over-worked thing of... 15 min. of fame.

Yes! Yes! Yes! i know. I know. I know. It's wild/silly/etc. But sometimes ~ ya' gotta' laugh, instead of cry. :-)

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

It's OK, I could have done quite well without ever having heard of her. ;)

[bbwoof.livejournal.com]

It seems to me that any Earthly court would have no recourse but to recuse itself for lack of jurisdiction.

*/taking this seriously*

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

An excellent point.... however, I don't expect they actually will.

On the other hand, I'm waiting to see her or her lawyer present "evidence" that she has been "harmed".

[jilara.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, and her name is Marina Bay and she lives in Moscow? Okay, could it be that the spirits told her to change her name from something nicely Russian to a bad pun-ish name in English? Or do we sense a hoax? Methinks Marina Bay is fishy... (pun intended).

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Or perhaps, the Russians I know never having struck me as particularly either gullible or litigious, she's an emigré from some more ... shall we say, lightly balanced region. Haight-Ashbury, say, for example.

[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

welcome to the world of tomorrow!