Man in moon 4 billion years old


	Man in moon 4 billion years old

pokkets

12-6-2007 5:52 AM

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man, moon, asteroid, astronomy, human, face

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12-7-2007 8:47 AM

Johanna_G

He's really mannish, the man in the moon. He spitted at the Earth and the Earth can't hit back, and that makes him grin.
What a funniverse the cosmos is!

12-7-2007 10:50 AM

abailart

Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat.

- Sir Julian Huxley

Is why the grin is fading. So we go further into space looking for him and he spits and breaks cosmic wind....

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