In 1976 the British astronomer Patrick Moore announced on BBC Radio 2 that at 9:47 AM a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event was going to occur that listeners could experience in their very own homes. The planet Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, temporarily causing a gravitational alignment that would counteract and lessen the Earth's own gravity. Moore told his listeners that if they jumped in the air at the exact moment that this planetary alignment occurred, they would experience a strange floating sensation. When 9:47 AM arrived, BBC2 began to receive hundreds of phone calls from listeners claiming to have felt the sensation. One woman even reported that she and her eleven friends had risen from their chairs and floated around the room.
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you know all i have to say is "wow" is this society so stupid that they would belive that?? i mean seriously i am very dissapointed
Posted by adam  in  this place  on  Fri Mar 25, 2005  at  05:17 PM

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Hi, I am 25, but I remembering back I did feel that one too.
Posted by michael  in  Taipei  on  Mon Mar 28, 2005  at  05:45 PM

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SMILEYS...
Okay WTF!!! Who would be stupid enough to actually think something like that would happen...not me thats for sure. But then again there are a lot of people in the world out there who will do anything since they have no life. Well all I have to say to them is "WOW...GET A JOB!!!"
Posted by Cady Myers  in  Emmetsburg, Iowa  on  Tue Mar 29, 2005  at  04:22 PM

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eleven friends floated around the room? Amazing what heavy drugs can do these days....
Posted by Evolution  on  Wed Mar 30, 2005  at  06:38 PM

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Smileys

Maybe that woman just wanted publicity on the air. i agree with Monica (one of the comment makers) that she must have really felt stupid when she came to know that it was a joke.

People really can become so dumb sometimes...
Posted by Amit Parekh  in  India  on  Thu Mar 31, 2005  at  08:40 PM

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"Note: To prove that you're a human being, not an automated spam bot, you've got to type in the word you see below."

I can't believe a couple of started your messages with "Smileys"... It's a link guys - you click on it..!!

Posted by Doh!  on  Thu Mar 31, 2005  at  09:39 PM

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can somebody thro me a rope to pull the chair out of my ass
Posted by floater mac fist  on  Thu Mar 31, 2005  at  11:57 PM

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hey man that wasn't a joke i actully floated for about a minute it was sooooooo cool hope it happenes again soon and no i haven't taken any drugs. bet you non-beliverers feel stupid now!!!!
Posted by john  in  london  on  Fri Apr 01, 2005  at  12:54 AM

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Yes I'd rise from my chair too if I had been smokin what those gals were
smoking. The Brits (as I call them) are real nice people but definitely not the brightest bulbs on the string.
Basically "a nice bunch of chaps I dare say"

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The Yanks (as I call them) aren't really nice people, and certainly considerably dimmer than the Brits, you tool.
Posted by dontthinksomate  on  Fri Apr 01, 2005  at  02:04 AM

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Hey Monica That is HULarious ... or HILARIOUS as the case may be... did you kow the word gullible is not in the dictionary?... no you don't cause you don't own one!

As posted by Al... speaking of dictionaries... try the word 'KNOW' and stop commenting on other people's spelling mistakes... loser
Posted by Chris  in  England, York  on  Fri Apr 01, 2005  at  03:22 AM

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Smileys


They must have been crazy!
Posted by cal  in  birmingham,england  on  Fri Apr 01, 2005  at  03:33 AM

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ha ha ha!!!,that ridiculouse,aw can that be,i almost wet my pant when i read the text about monica,well people just believe what they are told bcos they dont know.
Posted by aminat  in  boston  on  Fri Apr 01, 2005  at  03:47 AM

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lol you guys are funny.. that woman must of bin embarrassed but hey at least she had fun floating around for a bit! can't wait to do and see some april fools this year!
Posted by Faye  in  England  on  Fri Apr 01, 2005  at  04:17 AM

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Smileys

"One woman even reported that she and her eleven friends had risen from their chairs and floated around the room."

Not dumb at all, quite obviously playing along with the joke. Maybe you need to appreciate the local sense of humour to get it.
Posted by Ian  on  Fri Apr 01, 2005  at  04:25 AM

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Actually, if the brain really believes a thought to be reality, it will respond to the "fact". Not saying this lady and her friends flew around the room. Am saying that the body would respond with physical sensations even if the body was not floating.

Years ago, I did not know the Equinox/egg-standing thing was a myth. So when I woke up on a day of the Equinox, I remember thinking "oh, it's the equinox" and I groggily walked into the kitchen (half asleep), grabbed an egg from the fridge and placed it on the counter on its end. There it sat for about 20-30 minutes before I used it for my breakfast.

I've since learned about the probability of "egg standing" but it certainly was cool to accidentally come upon it because my brain knew how to respond to a thought I had filed as fact.
Posted by AC  on  Sat Apr 02, 2005  at  10:11 AM

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This prooves two things:
1. Always count on human stupidity.
2. Placebo effect on 30%.
Posted by Chaos  in  Sweden  on  Sun Apr 03, 2005  at  07:13 AM

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what.. gullible is in the dictionary..so is know...why were you saying to look up know?
Posted by Dude...  on  Sun Apr 03, 2005  at  03:57 PM

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Muito massa essa! Very good this!
Posted by Felipe Zangrande  on  Tue Apr 05, 2005  at  10:30 AM

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Are people really that stupid?! Man! If I was that stupid I would send myself to the funny farm.
I pity you is all I have to say to the people who would actually believe that.
Posted by Rika  in  US  on  Tue Apr 05, 2005  at  07:28 PM

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Brits dumb?

i think americans can be lots more dumber.

take a few yrs ago, the preview release in the cinemas of "The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc" starring john malkovich and milla jovovich.

after watching the movie a lot of the crowd and reviewers actually turned to the producers and said that was a great movie, but why did you make it such a sad ending, why did you have to burn her, it would have been better if you made it so she got back to the king.

hell yeah sure, maybe the producers could go back in time and re-write history.. lol

then there was the movie critic who watched it and then wrote a huge review but stated he couldn't understand why the french could burn her after she did so much to liberate france..

some film critic.. lol obviously 1 of those that doesn't actually watch a movie or know any kind of history.. as the French didn't burn her, the english did..

disclaimer: All spelling error's in this post are intentional as one is too lazy to type correctly or correct them for the sake of those that like to criticise spelling. This is the net not a legal document and one does not believe that any of you know how to write proper english anyway.
Posted by m0nty  in  uk  on  Tue Apr 12, 2005  at  01:20 AM

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