Comments on: Planet X spells doom for Earth in 2003.

Planet X spells doom for Earth in 2003.

dnash — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 07:18:26 -0800

Planet X spells doom for Earth in 2003. This has been showing up in my inbox lately. Just figured I should share it and, y'know, save us all. (Continued inside.)

By: dnash

dnash — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 07:20:21 -0800

The email I got today reads: "PLANET X passes through our solar system in 2003 after 3660 years on its regular orbit causing natural calamities. X is a brown dwarf star that orbits between BOTH suns. 1987 New Science & Invention Encyclopedia Diagram url includes our dead twin sun & X. Seven years prior to X's passage it begins to trigger volcanic, seismic activity, changes in weather. "BLINDSIDED, PLANET X Passes in 2003, EARTHCHANGES!" (this is the sound of Carl Sagan turning over in his grave.)

By: BentPenguin

BentPenguin — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 07:30:22 -0800

Well this should serve to make Manhattan Rents more affordable. Itsa godsend really...And here I was, waiting for the polar ice caps to defrost.

By: twistedonion

twistedonion — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 07:33:57 -0800

why would a brown dwarf star be called Planet X? Isn't the Sun a brown Dwarf Star - it makes no sense

By: Dagobert

Dagobert — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 07:39:07 -0800

No, the sun is not a brown dwarf.....but Jupiter can be called a brown dwarf star, I think. I wonder if Planet X is going to have really expensive upcoming shoes.

By: Localemperor

Localemperor — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 07:58:23 -0800

2003 - 3660 = 1657BC
Some quick googling reveled very little happened then, except the end of Noah's flood, or whatever it's called, which doesn't seem all that catastrophic.

By: moz

moz — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 08:04:11 -0800

remember duck dodgers in the 24th and a half century!

By: gloege

gloege — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 08:13:55 -0800

May I have my own personal Battlestar Gallactica complete with one Dirk Benedict to go??? Oh yeah, add the mechanical dog too! Super Size!

By: briank

briank — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 08:14:33 -0800

Do you suppose Planet X is where all those Generation X people come from? Maybe they're all about to be called home. Will the Baby Boomers even notice that they're all gone?

By: Kafkaesque

Kafkaesque — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:22:54 -0800

gloege, I can't believe you brought up Battlestar Galactica and failed to see the truth: Planet X is prophesied to portend the second coming of the messiah, who will rule the universe justly and wisely, and reminisce about his days as Ben Cartwright on TV's Bonanza. Adama, we hardly knew ye!

By: webmutant

webmutant — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:28:19 -0800

UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED, ESPECIALLY to COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARDS.

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:33:31 -0800

why do you always have to buy something to live?

By: Shadowkeeper

Shadowkeeper — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:35:24 -0800

Maybe he meant "Earth X". (Alex Ross rules.)

By: moz

moz — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:44:54 -0800

uh oh, the sex sex world trolls have arrived.

By: Rebis

Rebis — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 10:32:53 -0800

Wait, if "Seven years prior to X's passage it begins to trigger volcanic, seismic activity, changes in weather," and it is going to pass us in 2003, then it must have been triggering such changes since... 1996. So apparently we have already had five years of total terror...

By: bison

bison — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 10:37:33 -0800

Wow! Just in time for the national surplus to come back, too!

By: moss

moss — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 12:15:56 -0800

Where are we going? Planet X! When? Real soon!

By: dnash

dnash — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 12:33:56 -0800

Do you suppose Planet X is where all those Generation X people come from? Well, if you'd read the book, you'd know that's Texlahoma.

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 13:45:46 -0800

2003 - 3660 = 1657BC Some quick googling reveled very little happened then Does that account for those few years which were omitted to make some other event occur in the right year?

By: jcterminal

jcterminal — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:18:59 -0800

get the cold lamb vindaloo ready. crap. i thought it said 'red dwarf'. oh well.

By: tpoh.org

tpoh.org — Sat, 25 Aug 2001 10:22:21 -0800

Is this the Planet X that the B-52s sung about in "Whammy Kiss"? "On Planet X...it won't be long now..."

By: hockeyman

hockeyman — Sun, 26 Aug 2001 20:15:54 -0800

Mr. Planet X says * See PLANET X yourself at this web page, which does a great job of rationally explaining there is nothing to fear. Buy the book, just in case.