Impact on Singer Expected to be Temporary, Scientists Say
Posted on 10/30/2003 7:47:55 AM PST by Sir Gawain
SOLAR FLARE BRIEFLY KNOCKS OUT STING’S EGO
Impact on Singer Expected to be Temporary, Scientists Say
A gigantic solar flare slammed into the Earth's magnetic field on Wednesday morning, briefly knocking out the ego of singer/actor Sting, scientists said.
The performer was promoting his new book, a memoir entitled “Broken Music,” on the television program “Live With Regis and Kelly,” when the solar flare slammed into the Earth’s magnetic field.
Sting had begun telling the program’s co-hosts about how his life-long love affair with music began when he suddenly stopped, mid-sentence.
“Oh, who the bloody hell cares?” Sting said, the audience gasping as he tossed his book aside in apparent disgust.
It was only hours later that scientists determined that the former Police front-man’s loss of ego, believed to be temporary in nature, had been caused by the solar flare, surprising many experts.
“We had thought that the solar flare would have an effect on satellite and cellular phone transmissions,” said Dr. Kenneth Reid, a solar flare expert at the University of Minnesota’s Clausen Observatory. “We had no idea that it was powerful enough to knock out Sting’s ego.”
Elsewhere, associates of the pop singer and MTV star Jessica Simpson said that the solar flare might have caused Ms. Simpson’s brain to function temporarily.
Moments after the flare hit the Earth’s magnetic field, Ms. Simpson was observed correctly identifying canned tuna and brushing her teeth without assistance.
Ms. Simpson’s behavior was an “aberration,” Dr. Reid said, and she was expected to be back to bumping into doors and walls within hours.
The good Lord blessed her with looks, but I've met smarter sheep.
That could be interpreted rather badly....
"The sun shines out of his arse, a pure jazz musician, Mr Serious who helps the Indians."
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Great song. The Police were great, but I dont think Sting's done much in the last 20 years.
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