Re: Wow, there are terrestrial crustaceans!

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 14:56:06 -0800, "Pip R. Lagenta"
<morbiusatwork@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 17:27:54 -0500, r norman
><NotMyRealEmail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:57:57 -0800, "Pip R. Lagenta"
>><morbiusatwork@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>I was equally amazed when I learned that pill bugs ("rolly-pollies")
>>>were creationists... er... I mean, were terrestrial crustaceans. I
>>>believe that I was older at the time than you are now. I have
>>>occasionally used the trivia question "name a terrestrial crustacean".
>>>Few can answer that one... at least in the circles that I travel in.
>>>Another trivia question that I like is "What well-understood
>>>phenomenon explains why most of the meteor impact craters that have
>>>been found on Earth so far, are in Western Europe and North America?"
>>>
>>>See the nice java map at:
>>><http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/Academy/SPACE/SolarSystem/Meteors/Craters.html>
>>
>>You have a strange definition of Western Europe, according to that
>>map. And I hope you don't mean Western (Europe and North America).
>>Also Australia has far more than its share. Is that part of your
>>explanation?
>
>No. Australia has far more than its share for a completely different
>reason: God hates Australians.

Which also explains why lightning is most common in Florida than
anywhere else in the world.

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