BluKoo
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Starting on Wednesday the 23rd of April, a very strange once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event will happen.
Pluto will pass behind the planet Jupiter, temporarily causing a gravitational alignment that would counteract and lessen the Earth's own gravity.
According to astrophysicists, if you were to jump in the air at around 9:47 AM, you should feel a strange floating sensation.
Keep this date in your diary as you won't want to miss out 
[Edited on 31-03-2008 by BluKoo]
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Hammer
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At around 9.47? Have you to prance about your garden like a poof until it happens?
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Lawrah
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aye, ill pencil it in.
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Huwsi
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer At around 9.47? Have you to prance about your garden like a poof until it happens?
 is this for real?
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Ian
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Yeah you need to be in the air when they align.
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Paul_J
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I honestly can't see it doing much at all. Pluto is so small it's not even classed a planet any more.
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Paul_J
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ahhh just realised the date...
CS still shows as 31-03-2008 - 11:31 for me tho so doesn't count!
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
I honestly can't see it doing much at all. Pluto is so small it's not even classed a planet any more.
Might be worth getting a few helium balloons for an extra effect
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LeeM
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In 1976 the British astronomer Patrick Moore announced on BBC Radio 2 that at 9:47 AM a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event was going to occur that listeners could experience in their very own homes. The planet Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, temporarily causing a gravitational alignment that would counteract and lessen the Earth's own gravity. Moore told his listeners that if they jumped in the air at the exact moment that this planetary alignment occurred, they would experience a strange floating sensation. When 9:47 AM arrived, BBC2 began to receive hundreds of phone calls from listeners claiming to have felt the sensation. One woman even reported that she and her eleven friends had risen from their chairs and floated around the room
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C2RL R
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what a load of shite.
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stubs
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Wasn't this done by Patrick Moore in the 70's on a radio programme for the BBC? Shortly followed by calls from listeners who had "experienced" the feelings
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BluKoo
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Yeah.. thats where i got it from.
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A1EX
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is this true or some april fools thing?
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Superlite Ltd.
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Originally posted by C2RL R
what a load of shite.
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Jamie
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i plan on watching from a moving car heading south
best view imo
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BluKoo
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Originally posted by A1EX
is this true or some april fools thing?
April fools 
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A1EX
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damn lol sounded kinda interesting
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Ben G
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Originally posted by A1EX
is this true or some april fools thing?
does that even need an answer
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Ben G
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also, you have worse luck than will ainsworth now, it's way after 12 
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
also, you have worse luck than will ainsworth now, it's way after 12
Notice when it was posted? And remember CS clocks are still an hour behind.
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John
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Cs clocks aren't an hour behind, you posted it at 12.21.
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BluKoo
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It displays 31-03-2008 at 23:21 on my original post although it was 00:21
[Edited on 01-04-2008 by BluKoo]
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John
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Yours displays that, everybody elses displays 12.21 
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