[RightWhale]

Before the modern computer mouse with the laser on the bottom, some of the more elderly may remember an older design that had a heavy metal ball covered with rubber for traction. That is like Mercury. A heavy iron ball with a thin layer of stuff outside. The surface may be chipped some from asteroid impacts but nothing major will happen to the planet. No seas, no volcanoes, nobody home.

[mowowie]

Add a chain to it and it reminds me of my ex-gf.

[dr_who_2]

Old style mice do indeed have iron balls with a thin coating of rubber, but you must remember that they usually build up a residue of dust, hair, and other organic material like that. This has serious implications to planetary science as well as speculation about the origins of life.

It can only mean that G-d had to go through a couple of cheap mice before he could get his Mac to work to work right and that our solar system is really just a dumping ground for old computer parts. I wonder what the creationists will think about that!

"This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedivere! Explain again how sheeps bladders may be used to prevent earthquakes." -- King Arthur, Monty Python and the Holy Grail