October 24, 2014

"European Scientists Conclude That Distant Comet Smells Terrible."

"The European Space Agency has posted a full rundown of the comet's BO on its website. The mix includes ammonia (NH3), hydrogen sulphide (H2S), formaldehyde (CH2O) and methanol (CH3OH)."

13 comments:

Rob said...

French scientist suggests covering it up with massive amounts of perfume.

Rusty said...

Shorter;
Smells like Michael Moore. That's all they had to say, smells like michael Moore.

Paco Wové said...

Futurama's prophetic vision triumphs again.

madAsHell said...

The distant comet smells like.....Venice??

madAsHell said...

Interesting.....I usually access althouse with an older version of safari.....when I attempted to access using Firefox, I was required to "prove your not a robot".

YoungHegelian said...

Well, you gotta admit -- it's pretty tough to shower out there.

There's a YMCA on Ganymede that the comet stops into on the way by, but other than that 6.44 years is a long time to get ripe.

Biff said...

Just add a little heat and water, and you have pretty much everything you need to start down some very interesting chemical pathways...the kind that you find in biochemistry textbooks.

Quaestor said...

Maybe comets are like Stilton cheese... smells awful, tastes great!

furious_a said...

That poor comet has no nose.

Oh, dear, how does it smell?

TERRIBLE!

lonetown said...

Its got carbon? that manmade poison? Oh noes!

Michael Fitzgerald said...

Who cut the green cheese?

tim in vermont said...

Just think of it as a giant sperm on the hunt for receptive planets.

Sam L. said...

Comets are stinkers! Film at 11.