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[–] [email protected] 103 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Two sticks and a gigantic globe of plasma shining near-parallel beams of light at every spot on the planet.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 6 months ago

That was just kind of hanging around there, so why not use it?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Also a dude he paid to walk a few hundred miles.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Proclaimers?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Damn, and here I thought The Proclaimers were original. 😕

Edit: Thank you for educating, though!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Shit, I wanted to reproduce his experiment but I don't have one of those.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

Do you live in England?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'll have one delivered to you within 24 hours. Air mail.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Depending on the hour of the day at the other poster's location, it can arrive much sooner than that...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I did say "within" 24 hours.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Nah that's the package I sent them. The "OP sending suns"'s package is sadly delayed a little by between 0 and 23:59 hours, sorry

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Perfect time for the GP to disclose that he lives at the South Pole.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Now I wonder what "Aaaaakshually" sounds like in ancient Greek.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Smh my head, scientists still don't have stable fusion, when Erastosthenes was using it as a constant in his experiments.