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The reason ET has not contactacted us...

alcaray — 6/13/2008 10:28:56 AM (archived)

"Earthlings are so crass! They only want to sell us snack foods. Next thing you know, their Amway salespeople will ring our doorbells."

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The reason ET has not contactacted us... - alcaray - 6/13/2008 10:28:56 AM
- Is because they don't exist or/and because we can't recognize them (n/t) - Raoul - 6/15/2008 7:19:31 PM
  - It was just a joke. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/18/2008 10:34:53 PM
    - Beacuse ET got no POINTS on Last Movie - carl - 6/19/2008 9:03:44 PM
  - re: Is because they don't exist or/and because we can't recognize them - Marcia - 6/18/2008 8:13:27 PM
    - re: Spell check: intelligent potential. - Marcia - 6/18/2008 8:15:25 PM
- re: The reason ET has not contactacted us... - Eric - 6/14/2008 1:26:57 AM
  - That film - TB - 6/14/2008 4:25:54 PM
    - Was Charged by ATT for PHONE HOME - carl - 6/19/2008 9:04:44 PM
  - 57 species of aliens making 4,000 landings on Earth - Socrates II - 6/14/2008 2:12:37 AM
    - 57 varieties of Manchurian Candidate aliens in the State Department? - ER - 6/14/2008 6:06:01 PM
      - You've got to have a sense of humor abot these things. Lighten up! (n/t) - Jacob - 6/14/2008 6:50:54 PM
        
        Well... I thought it was pretty funny... (n/t) - ER - 6/14/2008 7:47:44 PM
    - You judge Letterman harshly, for the wrong reason. - alcaray - 6/14/2008 5:40:50 AM
      - All the more reason - Socrates II - 6/14/2008 6:01:03 PM
        
        Letterman gave it the same treatment (ridicule) that you did. Only he was entertaining. - alcaray - 6/14/2008 10:53:56 PM
        
        If I'm paid $16 million a year and get Paul Schaefer as my sidekick - Socrates II - 6/15/2008 6:27:54 PM
        
        You need to make people laugh to get the big bucks. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/15/2008 7:30:47 PM
        
        The point is - Socrates II - 6/18/2008 6:40:32 PM
        
        I think this one belongs in another thread on another board. The one about elitism. - alcaray - 6/18/2008 10:37:11 PM
        
        I have already submitted a bill to Congress on just this matter - Socrates II - 6/19/2008 2:14:32 PM
        
        If only they would put amature scientists in charge of vetting talk show guests! (n/t) - alcaray - 6/19/2008 7:14:41 PM
        
        That would be so cool! - Socrates II - 6/19/2008 7:32:51 PM
- I feel some sci-fi coming on - Robert - 6/13/2008 11:02:25 PM
  - How humans think about aliens - TB - 6/14/2008 4:50:57 PM
    - Nice camo - Robert - 6/15/2008 2:01:57 AM
      - Trade Information Not Objects - Marsby - 6/17/2008 10:08:08 PM
        
        re: Trade Information Not Objects - Robert - 6/18/2008 5:34:48 PM
      - "though if I'm correct that it's a peculiarly human failing"- BUT WHAT IF IT ISN'T.....? - ARRELL - 6/16/2008 4:04:54 PM
        
        Attack of the killer meme. - ER - 6/16/2008 7:50:34 PM
        
        'To Serve Man' (n/t) - Jody - 6/16/2008 11:06:19 PM
        
        re: Attack of the killer meme. - ARRELL - 6/16/2008 8:00:23 PM
      - Camo? Sliding under the radar? - TB - 6/15/2008 7:20:21 PM
      - Science fiction is a collectivist conspiracy. - ER - 6/15/2008 1:31:06 PM
        
        Sounds exactly like the earth in Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy. (n/t) - SDG - 6/16/2008 8:10:47 PM
        
        chilling prescience - Robert - 6/15/2008 4:19:19 PM
        
        Hey, flip it to a new thread on Off-Topic! - TB - 6/15/2008 7:28:00 PM
        
        If you're wondering how they breathe and eat, and other science facts... - Socrates II - 6/16/2008 1:12:34 PM
        
        The dystopian novel may be too late. We're already living it. (n/t) - ER - 6/15/2008 6:10:31 PM
  - Ferengi indeed. - ER - 6/13/2008 11:15:37 PM
    - re: Ferengi indeed. - Robert - 6/15/2008 2:10:47 AM
      - Sorry, Robert - Lee - 6/15/2008 5:57:24 AM
        
        You see what you want to see - Robert - 6/15/2008 3:47:13 PM
        
        Apparently somebody wrote a paper on this general subject. - TB - 6/15/2008 7:31:49 PM
        
        Could this be put into any other context? - Lee - 6/15/2008 9:54:11 PM
        
        Enough, Lee - Robert - 6/16/2008 4:25:38 AM
        
        Of course. - Lee - 6/16/2008 4:56:44 AM
        
        They don't look or act like American businessmen. - Lee - 6/15/2008 4:12:40 PM
    - I always thought - Lee - 6/14/2008 12:09:34 AM
      - The uncorroborated story I heard... - ER - 6/14/2008 6:20:47 PM
- Wait til they get a load of the Witnesses. (n/t) - Hank - 6/13/2008 12:23:46 PM
  - We could save a lot of money just waiting for the Mormons to send missionaries. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/13/2008 10:32:48 PM
  - I'm willing to bet the real first message from an ETI will be about... - Socrates II - 6/13/2008 5:34:19 PM
    - "Enlarge your..." - McFly - 6/15/2008 4:40:22 AM

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