[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"Why can't these damn things ever hit somewhere like Mecca?"

Funny you should ask. Some folks feel the sacred rock of the Ka'ba in Mecca is in fact of meteoric origin.

From http://www.alaska.net/~meteor/legend.htm:

"The wall of the Ka'ba, the holiest shrine of Islam at Mecca contains a black stone that has been reported to be of meteoritic origin. The stone which measures 16 by 20 cm and is held together by a silver band. Legend has it that the angel Gabriel gave the stone to the patriarch Abraham who built it into his house. The stone passed to the prophet Mohammed who built it into the wall of the Ka'ba. The black stone is not an object of worship, but is a venerated relict. Students of the matter now believe that the black stone is not meteoric, but may be impact glass, perhaps from the meteor crater at Wabar, about 100 km from Mecca."

[blam]

"Legend has it that the angel Gabriel gave the stone to the patriarch Abraham who built it into his house."

I actually believe the angel Gabriel was the asteroid.

[Mulder]

The stone passed to the prophet Mohammed who built it into the wall of the Ka'ba

Sure the "to" really isn't "from"?

[SkyPilot]

The black stone is not an object of worship,

The 1 Gajillion Muslims I saw clamoring over each other to kiss each other's spit on that rock could have fooled me.

[tictoc]

What if...?

[sheik yerbouty]

The Kaaba is a Borg Cube.