Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really)

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 11:10 PM EST

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The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, just cannot catch a break. First, a coolant leak destroyed some of the magnets that guide the energy beam. Then LHC officials postponed the restart of the machine to add additional safety features. Now, a bird dropping a piece of bread on a section of the accelerator has, according to the Register, shut down the whole operation.

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brianandrew

Thus delaying the end of the earth for a little while longer....

;)

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2 votes

#1 - Thu Nov 5, 2009 11:42 PM EST

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Jimster

Any new particles discovered should be called baguettes

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3 votes

#1.1 - Fri Nov 6, 2009 1:11 AM EST

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Killfile

Any new particles discovered should be called baguettes

The Baguette Boson? I like it!

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2 votes

#1.2 - Fri Nov 6, 2009 8:39 AM EST

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Asheville Jack

Ladies and gentlemen, this is without doubt more than a mere coincidence. I smell a cosmic mystery. What are the odds that a inexplicable event, such as a bird dropping a baguette on the one critical piece of machinery at the Large Hadron Collider, the worlds largest and most expensive scientific TUBE, would crash this multi billion dollar circular TUBE? There has even been internet chatter that perhaps some mysterious ‘particles’ or forces from the future are behind these treacherous events.

Lastly, consider the word baguette itself. Is it yet another mere coincidence that an anagram of the word baguette results in the phrase ‘A TUBE GET’ or 'TUBE GATE'. I think not.

Perhaps it’s best if they shut the damn thing down forever.

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2 votes

#1.3 - Fri Nov 6, 2009 9:20 AM EST

{"commentId":10519283,"authorDomain":"stinkweepete"}

Stinkweed Pete

How about:

Butte age.

Tug a beet.

Gee, a butt.

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2 votes

#1.4 - Fri Nov 6, 2009 10:19 AM EST

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Stinkweed Pete

Wow! It makes toast too? Amazing!

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5 votes

#2 - Fri Nov 6, 2009 12:37 AM EST

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Randilly

I have noticed times when bad luck happens all at once. Times when the nicest people, have the water heater, the refridgerator, and the car, die in the same week. Sometimes, all in the same day. I have woke up to two inches of water on my bedroom floor. And have my pickup lose a shock absorber the same afternoon. With all kinds of minor disasters spicing up life for the remainder of the week.

I have heard people say: When it rains, it pours.

I have in the past, theorized that this phenomenon might be a function of some yet undiscovered quantum mechanics. Either that, or leprechauns and Gremlins really do exist.

I usually go for the leprechaun theory. This story is causing me to question that theory.

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1 vote

#3 - Fri Nov 6, 2009 9:28 PM EST

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