When in a black hole, stop digging

I just wanted to say that, if things go badly this morning, I’ve always loved you.


Posted on September 10th, 2008 at 8:04am under Science and progress

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14 Comments

  1. Doug Devaney on 10.09.2008 at 08:14 Permalink | Reply

    What happens if things go well? Will you write? Will you phone? Will you heck as like! I feel used…bring on the black hole, you bastard!

  2. ejh (436 comments.) on 10.09.2008 at 08:25 Permalink | Reply

    Save it for the Great War for Ossetian Freedom, pencilled in for a world tour early in 2009. Am I alone in not pursuing an interest in pension plans just at the moment?

    ejh’s latest blog post… But not today the struggle

  3. Dave Hansell on 10.09.2008 at 09:59 Permalink | Reply

    Does this mean I won’t have to go to work tomorrow?

  4. redpesto on 10.09.2008 at 10:12 Permalink | Reply

    If things go wrong, I’ll see you in the parallel universe.

  5. redpesto on 10.09.2008 at 11:24 Permalink | Reply

    PS: Here’s an appropriate song if it does go bang (or whimper): The Human League, The Black Hit of Space.

  6. Mike on 10.09.2008 at 13:23 Permalink | Reply

    Shit. Looks like we’re still here. Oh, well.

  7. Simon on 10.09.2008 at 14:11 Permalink | Reply

    Unfortunately they only switched on the machine this morning, and the photon colliding experiments have not started yet – so there is still opportunity for the experiment to go hideously wrong – yay!

  8. redpesto on 10.09.2008 at 14:48 Permalink | Reply

    Unfortunately they only switched on the machine this morning, and the photon colliding experiments have not started yet – so there is still opportunity for the experiment to go hideously wrong – yay!

    And then they can send in the clowns, this lot.

    (Currently over on Radio 4)

  9. CP on 10.09.2008 at 17:03 Permalink | Reply

    It’s just a big toblerone machine, nothing to worry about.

  10. BenSix (43 comments.) on 10.09.2008 at 17:35 Permalink | Reply

    The black holes appear to be lodged in the heads of the paranoid.

    BenSix’s latest blog post… Gunning For That Elusive “Obvious Joke” Award

  11. Billy (13 comments.) on 10.09.2008 at 17:42 Permalink | Reply

    I’m still here… unless this is all a dream.

    Billy’s latest blog post… Cleopatra I Ain’t

  12. Mr Eugenides (59 comments.) on 10.09.2008 at 18:58 Permalink | Reply

    I can’t really picture a supercollider properly, but if it’s anything like my imagined version, men in shiny grey helmets are currently pulling levers while Peter Cushing waits nervously…

    Mr Eugenides’s latest blog post… Guestblogging Election ‘08: In Love With Sarah

  13. Philip (248 comments.) on 10.09.2008 at 21:09 Permalink | Reply

    All pretty disappointing so far. I was hoping that by now I’d have met Dr Hans Reinhardt, a childhood hero of mine.

    Philip’s latest blog post… Property Damage

  14. underblog (2 comments.) on 10.09.2008 at 23:16 Permalink | Reply

    According to the Reg: “Hadrons yes, collisions no. End of world to follow

    underblog’s latest blog post… The Meal Solution

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