Space Mailbag: I Found Some Dark Matter in My Basement

Space.com ^ | 8/1/03 | Robert Roy Britt

[Threepwood]

*I* think dark matter serves a unique purpose for people living with roomates or teenage children. It is what absorbs the last of everything. The last beer? Dark matter. The last disposble razor? Dark matter. Etc! Damn dark matter.

[LibWhacker]

LOL . . . Good catch! I don't like to talk about "other universes" for a similar reason: The Universe is all that is, by definition. So if there are "other universes," they are part of "all that is;" i.e., part of this Universe, the only universe.

There may be parts of this universe that aren't accessible to us, but they are not "other universes" distinct from this one . . . Just a little semantic quibble I've got with some physicists and science ficiton fans. :-)

[Ditter]

Damn I think he got it! Who knew? lol

[dixiechick2000]

Applied properly, peanut butter works wonders on Dark Matter.

[RonHolzwarth]

Is there dark matter antimatter?

Or is that antidark matter? (no that's light)

[JSteff]

Well this reminds me of the notion that flashlights, lamps, headlights, etc are not light makers but dark suckers.
They don't shine light but rather suck the dark away.

[bets]

God holds the universe together...maybe this stuff is spiritual. I wish we knew more about the 10+ dimensions.

[joanil]

This happened to me once, after a prolonged stay of a pair of very offensive and pushy liberal relatives.
The 'dark matter' appeared in my downstairs toilet after they finally left the house.
They didn't even flush!
Disgusting liberal tactics I guess!
Yuck!

[Nateman]

Dark matter may turn out to be neutrinos. Once you make this stuff it practically lasts forever and yet has so little interaction with ordinary matter it could go through a light year of lead and come out the other side!

[HiTech RedNeck]

Dark matter's local effects are not noticeable or detectable

If it adds to the mass of the universe, how come it is not heavy enough to make a difference in things? It would give me a good excuse when I step on the scale and I see 30 pounds too much: that's not fat, a slug of dark matter just drifted out of outer space into my belly.

[boris]

"I caught the dog gnawing on big chunk of dark matter. She had the runs for days."

Sure it wasn't peanut butter?

[StriperSniper]

It is what absorbs the last of everything. The last beer? Dark matter. The last disposble razor? Dark matter. Etc!

Yup, and it is produced in washers and dryers from those 'missing' socks, they are converted into dark matter.

[LibKill]

It's my considered opinion that the dark matter is nesting.