ChrisThePuma Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Just read this on my facebook:Look at the orange moon Sharon has just told me it's orange as mars is in orbit and its mars reflection making it orangeNeedless to say I put her right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myopicus Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Well done. I'm surprised she didn't know it's because of the high Red Leicester cheese content at this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirscovitch Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Since getting my scopes I have been asked a lot of "strange" questions and had to dispel a lot of myths.One guy at work, after showing him an image of the moon I took and loaded onto phone, told me he didn't realize there were that many oceans on the moon.Another actually got mad at me when we were talking about the upcoming Lyrids and I told him they weren't actually falling stars. And after explaining what they were, he still refused to believe me. He said "if they aren't falling stars then why do they call them that?" I quickly changed the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotterless45 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Neat, I had a job to persuade next door that I wasn't looking at " little green men", ah the medieval midlands,Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronin Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Would like to know what was explained to the girl concerning why it was red?Since we refer to the regions of the moon as oceans and seas I suppose that without being supplied more information the comment is possible, Apollo 11 landed in the Sea of Tranquility after all.Also again we do call them falling stars.Utterly incorrect but in a literal sense part of our own doing.Agreed not worth arguing over if they do not want to know.Come on, the midlands hasn't advanced to medieval yet has it? :eek: I could believe the Mars theory, lunar oceans and real falling stars easier then that. :grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakalwe Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 It wasn't the same person that appears in the first part of this link, was it?http://themetapicture.com/this-is-why-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-on-facebook/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirscovitch Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I try to be nice and explain things. I am by no means an expert in any sort of the word. But I would like to think that I do know what I am talking about. If someone comes up and asks a question that I don't know the answer to I am more than willing to tell them I don't know. I then go home and research the subject until I feel I can give them a reasonable answer. Or I give them a few ideas on where to look for their own answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I tried explaining to the other half...that the sun does not move it is the earth that orbits the sun....and it takes 365 days to do one circuit around the sun.But then she said...but the sun rises in the east and sets in the west...which actually gives the impression that its the sun that is moving...fair point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakalwe Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Another actually got mad at me when we were talking about the upcoming Lyrids and I told him they weren't actually falling stars. And after explaining what they were, he still refused to believe me. He said "if they aren't falling stars then why do they call them that?" I quickly changed the subject.I like his logic Perhaps he can explain why you 'mericans call your game of football so, when in reality there's actually almost no "footing" of the ball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bejay1957 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Still recall a howler many years ago in a US kids TV show on which an astronomer was a guest to talk about Jupiter, the dialogue ran along the lines ofAstronomer: "Jupiter has 12 moons"Presenter: "So its always dark on Jupiter!"Astronomer: "Err, no..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyWB Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 The one that really gets to me is "The moon landings were all faked". I try to be patient, but really, I want to remove them from the gene pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earth titan Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 It wasn't the same person that appears in the first part of this link, was it?http://themetapicture.com/this-is-why-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-on-facebook/I was just hunting for that very same picture - but you beat me to it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myopicus Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I mentioned to a friend the other day that I was going to get my scope out ("oo-er!) and she said "I was in the garden the other night having a smoke looking at the stars. I went out again later and they'd moved!! OMG I didn't know they did that!"Double face-palm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Imp Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I mentioned to a friend the other day that I was going to get my scope out ("oo-er!) and she said "I was in the garden the other night having a smoke looking at the stars. I went out again later and they'd moved!! OMG I didn't know they did that!"Double face-palm.Well at least she noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myopicus Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I think initially she put it down to what she'd been smoking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bejay1957 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 At the risk of invoking Moderator ire, I am reminded of an occasion way back when I used to do UFO investigation. A report came in that clearly was a mis-identification of Venus, but as it was local to me I went to see the witness; Venus was high in the sky and sure enough the guy excitedly pointed at Venus saying "Thats it!!", didn't matter how many times I stated "That's the planet Venus" he insisted I wasn't looking at the same thing he was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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