Searching for the Space Diamonds


	Searching for the Space Diamonds

invictus

3-5-2008 3:15 PM

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space, telescopes, diamonds, carbon molecules, metals, science

invictus says:

Diamond said to be abundant in space. Did John Lennon know it when he wrote "Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds"?

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3-5-2008 5:06 PM

debbyski

Nah, he was probably on acid.

3-5-2008 6:05 PM

invictus

Right Debbyski, the title of the song was an encoded form of LSD, in fact.

But anyway, I loved to remember Lennon again when I read the news story about diamonds.

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