[cd jones]

I can see clearly now

[Support Free Republic]

Lighten Up, Francis!

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[Reeses]

A rare and spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies appears in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope true-color image of the Cartwheel Galaxy, located 500 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor.

[FormerlyAnotherLurker]

"She yanks, and it yanks back. She yanks once more, and it refuses to budge. She yanks, yanks, yanks, yanks, yanks! It holds, holds, holds, holds, holds!
"...
"She tries again. Yank, yank, yank! It is no use! "

I get it!
She's blonde and too stupid to press the button!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

For want of a nail, the shoe was lost:
For want of the shoe, the horse was lost;
For want of the horse, the rider was lost;
For want of the rider, the battle was lost;
For want of the battle, the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a nail.

[Centurion2000]

If a full-scale nuclear war erupts, it would sure look beautiful from 500 million light-years away.

And echoing through the cosmos "This is Spinal Tap"

[FormerlyAnotherLurker]

I seriously doubt it would be visible from Proxima Centauri, even with a big telescope pointed directly at the Earth, let alone half a billion light years.

[talleyman]

Tiffany does the only thing that makes any sense: she pulls out her cell phone and calls Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Angency. Naturally, Dirk doesn't answer...