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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 6:09 pm
I have both the theater release and the director's extended cut of all three LOTR movies. Costacat is right, but so is the calendar... Martian signals? Fact*beep*beep*
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 6:16 pm
Fact.
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 6:19 pm
crap. it's somewhat true. the crap part is about Amherst saying the word "martian". that part is an urban legend.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 6:20 pm
Fact, that director was known for his practical jokes, he set them up and had his friends pretend they were martians having sex, the Armed Service guys waited a week before reporting cuz they didn't want to be cut off and really enjoyed listening to hot martian sex
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 6:24 pm
yikes, now i should say fact...because pamy, i felt like an idiot because i didn't trust coco! i thought this whole thread was about getting away w/crap. lol whatever! lol. so, now i should change my answer i say fact, because i trust pamy. (and i don't dare say crap-a-pamy, even tho' pamy will get it. lol.) (don't worry, be happy)
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 6:30 pm
Crap there is no observatory at that college.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 7:19 pm
LOL Abby!! ooohh nice try Jagger!!..trying to confuse them! I admire that
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 7:24 pm
Huh.. I think it is fact that they were listening for voices (signals) from outer space -- look how long Seti has been running (and Seti@home, which runs on servers at Berkeley's Lawrence Lab) but not sure about the Amhurst part. Fact.
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 7:48 pm
jagger makes a great point...i didn't think about that.
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Coco
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 9:31 pm
Fact. Hey guys trust me on this one. My favorite Uncle Martin told me that they knew Amherst was listening and that actually wasn't "hot martian sex" they were listening too, as Pamy stated above. Animalistic, surreal and oh-so-loud sounds were found coming from Pamy's house and so they decided to transmit those sounds to Amherst!
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 9:33 pm
I was waiting for Coco to weigh in---so FACT!
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 10:05 pm
Crap 'squeek'
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 5:10 am
LOL Coco!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 8:40 am
Trusting Coco - fact
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 10:13 am
CRAP
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 10:28 am
There is an observatory at Amherst (Wilder Observatory). So that's fact. I say "frap." I think they did help listen for signals from ALL planets, not just Martian signals. So fact to the signals, crap to just Martians. And now I'm gonna go get me a frap from Starbucks! 
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 11:31 am
i'm a seti-at-home person so i know this one to be a fact. i love devoting my computer time towards the search for ET. my dh devotes his to cancer research. if you are interested in either one drop a note in my folder and i'll get post the info.
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Laralyn
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 12:56 pm
fact, we hear and see you earth people...you cannot hear us 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 5:28 pm
If both Pamy and Coco say it is fact, then it is Fact.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 9:19 pm
Happy Hump Day you FoCers! As the week slides downhill, here's hoping your outlook is looking up! I'm happy to report that I will be working all weekend. It's been rather quiet since the 1st of February and I'm glad to have work to do (if I don't work, I don't get paid). I'm further happy to report that I posted a knitting board pattern for sale on eBay today for my very own design for a Semaphore Scarf created on one of my knitting boards. But enough about me! Yesterday's question was: Did the director of the observatory at Amherst College once convince the U.S. Armed Services to listen for Martian radio communications? Some of your bluffs are facts and some of your facts are bluffs, but they're all entertaining! You said. . . The Creative Indecision Award goes to Costacat for declaring "Frap" and heading to Starbucks. So, the question remains. Did they really talk the government into trying to converse with this?
Well, the Calendar Crew says. . . It's FACT! "In 1924, David Todd, the director of the observatory at Amherst College, convinced the army and navy to use their receiving stations to listen for Martian radio waves. The reason? In August of that year, Mars and Earth would come within 55.7 million kilometers of each other, their closest approach since 1804. The receptions were inconclusive." Oh, and here's the observatory at Amherst:
Sorry, no word on whether the Martians were overheard having sex -- sorry, Pamy! Which leads us to the question for Wednesday, February 8, 2006:
Yanni attended the London Conservatory of Music and composed Classical operas before finding New Age musical stardom. FACT or CRAP? You decide!
Disclaimer: I personally do not find Yanni to be a "star," but many people apparently do. He ain't half bad to look at, though! 
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 9:42 pm
crap
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 10:01 pm
Fact
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 10:30 pm
Fact
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 11:30 pm
Fact, that is how he got his name, Yaawnnnnnie
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 4:13 am
Lance got it wrong. Fact
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