True Men of Genius

[Tom Sawyer]

Democrat Rep. Hank Johnson worries loading too many people onto Guam could capsize the island

[Lloyd Danforth]

What an idiot!  You just have to spread the people around, evenly!

[Pat McCotter]

Why didn't you warn me I should duct tape my head?!?!?!? THAT HURT!!!!

[Tom Sawyer]

Be careful... don't pop a gasket... oh sorry I warned you too late. 

[Pat McCotter]

Be careful... don't pop a gasket... oh sorry I warned you too late. 

[Free libertarian]

I lived on Guam from 1959-61.  I do not recall any moments when capsizing was an issue, but we must be ever vigilant to the possibility!     Guam IS pretty close to the edge of the earth though and it's more likely it will fall off , perhaps a long cable affixing it to California would serve as an adequate mooring line.   I will write my Congressman and see if we can get some action on this very pressing problem!

[dalebert]

...perhaps a long cable affixing it to California would serve as an adequate mooring line.

Just one cable?!  Don't you understand basic engineering?  You need at least several anchored at different points on the island or the stresses will break part of the island off and it'll still go right over the edge of the Earth.  That's like when Superman picks up a car by its bumper or a plane by the tail.  It only works in comics.

[Lloyd Danforth]

I envision Guam as a Discus shaped drool of hardened Lava 'tittering' (Teetering?) on the tip of a pointy, underwater Volcano.

[KBCraig]

http://www.seds.org/archive/spaceviews/970915/cap.html

"The Congressional bonehead award goes to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) who, on a visit to JPL, asked if Mars Pathfinder had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil Armstrong! Quipped Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) to the Washington Times: "We just don't teach enough science." Worse, Jackson Lee, who represents Houston, is a member of the House Science Committee's space subcommittee. Perhaps some committee reassignments are in order..."

[Pat K]

Guam, were America starts its day.
I was on Guam for 16 hours once, got in 2 bar fights and had a gun stuck in my face. I say let it capsize.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Now that you are up to fighting weight you should go back and jump up and down on it's edge!

[Jim Johnson]

I used to play 'sink the raft' at the lake when I was young.
A lot of kids would get on the raft, more than the raft could handle.  The raft would tip and everyone would fall in the water.   It was great fun.

...and it never flipped over.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Yeah, but that raft was,t a drool of lava balancing on the tip of a volcano.

[Jim Johnson]

It's not a volcano.... it a giant bird's beak!

[Lloyd Danforth]

Oh.