Just A Theory: @TheWetMale Chats Gravity
After my appearance on Q&A 2 weeks back there have been some great tweets about my 'climate skeptic' performance.
Here's a quick catch up video (from a hilarious right wing perspective) if you missed it:
One of my favourite Twitter conversations was from @thewetmale who was upset I didn't use the opportunity to tell the nation 'the truth'.
I soon discovered this truth he spoke of was his belief that NASA has been mining out the Mars' moon Phobos. You see, this is why gravity has been weakening up a bit lately (I had been wondering how I hovered to work on Monday). Last night on my radio show, Jumping with James, we thought it was a great opportunity to converse with @thewetmale to work out what this guy was rambling on about. My co-hosts Richard Brophy and Susie Youseff were not convinced by his argument (arguments PLURAL would be a stretch...).
I've considered the fact that I may have been trolled on my own show. Has the troll been trolled? I actually doubt it. The likely prospect is that this guy actually believes this stuff - which is way scarier.Here's the audio:
I've considered the fact that I may have been trolled on my own show. Has the troll been trolled? I actually doubt it. The likely prospect is that this guy actually believes this stuff - which is way scarier.Here's the audio:
And here's the Graeme Bird Wordpress blog: http://graemebird.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/phobos-hollow-and-ready-for-dyson-harrop/