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petronius

(26,581 posts)
7. GMTA! I was about to say that, billions of years ago - before the Earth even
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 07:53 PM
Dec 2011

existed - aging stars exploded and scattered the atomic building blocks of life around this part of the galaxy. Our solar system coalesced, and a smidgen of those atoms eventually came together to form the OP.

We are, literally, made of stars, and we are here to live up to and even advance that legacy...

(So, in honor of my stellar ancestry, I'm gonna go have some microwave popcorn and maybe a couple of beers. Back in a bit, y'all!)

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
11. Or, in other words (and music!)...
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 08:03 PM
Dec 2011

Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...
The Earth began to cool,
The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools,
We built a wall (we built the pyramids),
Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries,
That all started with the big bang!

"Since the dawn of man" is really not that long,
As every galaxy was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song.
A fraction of a second and the elements were made.
The bipeds stood up straight,
The dinosaurs all met their fate,
They tried to leap but they were late
And they all died (they froze their asses off)
The oceans and pangea
See ya wouldn't wanna be ya
Set in motion by the same big bang!

It all started with the big BANG!

It's expanding ever outward but one day
It will pause then start to go the other way,
Collapsing ever inward, we won't be here, it wont be hurt
Our best and brightest figure that it'll make an even bigger bang!

Australopithecus would really have been sick of us
Debating why were here they're catching deer (we're catching viruses)
Religion or astronomy, Encarta, Deuteronomy
It all started with the big bang!

Music and mythology, Einstein and astrology
It all started with the big bang!

It all started with the big BANG!


--Barenaked Ladies - The Big Bang Theory Theme Song with lyrics (1:52)





Stuart G

(38,365 posts)
13. PLEASE, PLEASE LISTEN WATCH THE BIG BANG MUSICAL ABOVE THIS post...YOU WILL LOVE IT....enjoy..1:52..
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 08:20 PM
Dec 2011

You gotta listen to this....lots of fun..thanks for posting the musical

BootinUp

(46,928 posts)
3. How about why you are not here? Sort of reverse logic.
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 07:48 PM
Dec 2011

You are probably not here to read glowing tributes to the Bush family or Karl Rove.

Stuart G

(38,365 posts)
8. thank you...........
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 07:54 PM
Dec 2011

There aren't many of us who know where that one is from...but I do......
and I laughed at this one...cause
Bugs would poke his head out of one rabbit hole and wonder why he was lost..and would say..
" I was supposed to take a left at Albuquerque"...wonderful line.
............................thank you dimbear...

Stuart G

(38,365 posts)
15. My ass is not clueless...
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 08:34 PM
Dec 2011

It is my files between my ears...they need to be defragged..or put in order, or what ever...

Believe me...with an post like that,,,,I am not the only one who is clueless here............yea


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