Comments on: Moon-rock dealers have a strange affinity for Denny's http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 20:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1129473 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129473 http://storiesandnovels.com/moon-rock http://storiesandnovels.com/moon-rock

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1129745 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129745 Here's a link to a song about moon rocks. It is called "Moon Rocks": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR7TWHfogAY Here’s a link to a song about moon rocks.
It is called “Moon Rocks”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR7TWHfogAY

]]> By: Caroline http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1129501 Caroline Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129501 Reading this after the Isaac Asimov letter above, I can only think of his short story "The Singing Bell." Moon rocks and crime…too bad that story doesn't have a Denny's involved. Reading this after the Isaac Asimov letter above, I can only think of his short story “The Singing Bell.” Moon rocks and crime…too bad that story doesn’t have a Denny’s involved.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1130019 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1130019 so...I'm not allowed to sell my legitimately acquired moon rock? what the hell? its mine dammit! and it has no real value to society, it can't be used for industrial or medicinal purposes...it isn't even pretty. It's just a mildly irradiated lump of aluminum, iron and other random junk. Just kidding. so…I’m not allowed to sell my legitimately acquired moon rock?
what the hell? its mine dammit! and it has no real value to society, it can’t be used for industrial or medicinal purposes…it isn’t even pretty. It’s just a mildly irradiated lump of aluminum, iron and other random junk.

Just kidding.

]]> By: abstract_reg http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1130297 abstract_reg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1130297 This calls for story-time! This calls for story-time!

]]> By: webmonkees http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1129792 webmonkees Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129792 Reminds me of the Rocky & Bullwinkle Upsadasium story arc. Complete with the little space guys walking around a Denny's. Reminds me of the Rocky & Bullwinkle Upsadasium story arc. Complete with the little space guys walking around a Denny’s.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1129341 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129341 Back when I was in extreme politics, Denny's is exactly the sort of place that we would have held a secret meeting. Wearing disguises, no less! Back when I was in extreme politics, Denny’s is exactly the sort of place that we would have held a secret meeting. Wearing disguises, no less!

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1129348 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129348 What is extreme politics? Do you vote using a half-pipe, or maybe repel from a helicopter? ;o) Also - they are obviously there for the space themed Moon Over My Hammy. What is extreme politics? Do you vote using a half-pipe, or maybe repel from a helicopter? ;o)

Also – they are obviously there for the space themed Moon Over My Hammy.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1129349 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129349 I was in one of the above-ground splinter groups of the WUO. I was in one of the above-ground splinter groups of the WUO.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1129353 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129353 re: "But the U.S. did give away moon-rock fragments (on plaques) to all U.S. states and most foreign countries in the 1970s..." IIRC, a Missouri senator who recently retired found his moon rock on a plaque in a stack of papers in his office. re: “But the U.S. did give away moon-rock fragments (on plaques) to all U.S. states and most foreign countries in the 1970s…”

IIRC, a Missouri senator who recently retired found his moon rock on a plaque in a stack of papers in his office.

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1129370 irksome Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129370 Denny's seems to be frequented by alien space creatures; where's the mystery? Denny’s seems to be frequented by alien space creatures; where’s the mystery?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1129398 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129398 Denny's is NOT fast food! Formulatic, institutional food, yes... fast? Um, no. McDonalds? Yup - fast. Denny's? More than once I've had to wait over 30 min for my order... (oh, well - at lest they are open at 3am on a holiday... everyplace else I'd be waiting ~28 hours for my order! lol) Denny’s is NOT fast food! Formulatic, institutional food, yes… fast? Um, no. McDonalds? Yup – fast. Denny’s? More than once I’ve had to wait over 30 min for my order… (oh, well – at lest they are open at 3am on a holiday… everyplace else I’d be waiting ~28 hours for my order! lol)

]]> By: fnc http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1129415 fnc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129415 So you were in the Weather Aboveground? Were the other splinters always counting on you guys to, pool your resources? Yeah, there's probably a better one but that's all I got on a Friday afternoon. So you were in the Weather Aboveground?

Were the other splinters always counting on you guys to, pool your resources?

Yeah, there’s probably a better one but that’s all I got on a Friday afternoon.

]]> By: gradv http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1129934 gradv Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129934 Their is a diner in New York I used to frequent called the Moon rock diner that has a rock in a glass case but I don't think its an actual moon rock. Good French Onion Soup if I remember correctly. Their is a diner in New York I used to frequent called the Moon rock diner that has a rock in a glass case but I don’t think its an actual moon rock. Good French Onion Soup if I remember correctly.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1129423 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129423 Splinters are noted for being sharp and trying to get under your skin. Pooling resources would be as likely as the Rome Pope and the Avignon Pope getting together for drinks. Splinters are noted for being sharp and trying to get under your skin. Pooling resources would be as likely as the Rome Pope and the Avignon Pope getting together for drinks.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/03/moon-rock-dealers-ha.html#comment-1129444 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1129444 "Here on the moon, our weekends are so advanced, they encompass the entire week." - Ignignokt “Here on the moon, our weekends are so advanced, they encompass the entire week.” – Ignignokt

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