A few years ago, I used to work at a warehouse that sold electrical supplies and such. One day we get a pretty standard order for a bunch of fluorescent light bulbs, and the guy came over to pick them up himself. I don't know why, but for whatever reason he wanted to try to impress us by saying (in a complete deadpan, mind you) that these lights were for Area 51, and his company was hired to install them.
I replied to him with something like: "Oh so the United States Air Force is now outsourcing their light bulb duties to small, almost unknown private companies in Las Vegas? It seems strange that they'd go through all that trouble just to screw in a few dead light bulbs."
To this day, I still don't know what compelled him to pull that out of his ass. Maybe he was trying to be funny, or perhaps he attempting sarcasm or something. He sounded completely serious when he told us this, so instantly it reminded me of that schoolyard mentality of "that one kid" who would make up outlandish stories just to impress everyone. You'd think people would eventually grow out of that.
As a child I've always been obsessed with space and aliens and shit, but even then and now I find it hard to give a shit about the Roswell incident. After so many years, it seems obvious that whatever happened there made absolutely no difference in the long run, so people who still cling to their alien theories seem like large children to me.
EDIT - On another note:
Hold in your urine, FOR FREEDOM!
Active bladders are terrorist bladders.
I replied to him with something like: "Oh so the United States Air Force is now outsourcing their light bulb duties to small, almost unknown private companies in Las Vegas? It seems strange that they'd go through all that trouble just to screw in a few dead light bulbs."
To this day, I still don't know what compelled him to pull that out of his ass. Maybe he was trying to be funny, or perhaps he attempting sarcasm or something. He sounded completely serious when he told us this, so instantly it reminded me of that schoolyard mentality of "that one kid" who would make up outlandish stories just to impress everyone. You'd think people would eventually grow out of that.
As a child I've always been obsessed with space and aliens and shit, but even then and now I find it hard to give a shit about the Roswell incident. After so many years, it seems obvious that whatever happened there made absolutely no difference in the long run, so people who still cling to their alien theories seem like large children to me.
EDIT - On another note:
Remember, kids:AVPMechman said:Notably, the author previously made the news for trying to have a bunch of middle eastern musicians arrested for being terrorists because they went to the bathroom too much during a flight.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/skyterror.asp
So really, she never HAD any credibility to lose.
Hold in your urine, FOR FREEDOM!
Active bladders are terrorist bladders.