Surely by now everyone has seen the newish Swiffer commercials. Some single little ball of lint or little gray slime mold is hanging out in the computer keyboard, or on the tile grout, being all lonely and sad because it'll never be picked up. Then a giant Swiffer mop looms large in the background...make-out/stripper music starts playing, and the little ball of lint jumps onto the mop, arms spread wide - the lint ball is clearly in love but it's a match made in hell. The Swiffer mop will NEVER let it go, the little hapless lint ball is stuck on it forever, eventually following it to the grave, as it makes its way onto the next garbage scow or to the dumpster.
Today an asteroid is going to pass very near the Earth, looming over us like a giant Swiffer mop. This is humanity's big Swiffer moment! Does anyone else have the urge to go stand outside with arms outstretched and try to leap onto the thing as it hurtles by?
Dammit, I'm fresh out of white tennis shoes and purple robes, too. Had I only known sooner...
Angelus: Yes ... and I am also reminded of the opening scenes of Independence Day when they initially thought the aliens were friendly and came out with open arms and banners to welcome them only to be hit with a laser beam that was not so friendly at all.
ReplyDeleteIt passes me at 5:28pm...I'm going outside on the patio with a cup of coffee and waiting for the show! ~Pie
ReplyDeleteDamn damn and damn, the sky was still too light. I saw nothing except a bunch of bats. Meh I'm kind of disappointed. ~Pie
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