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or possibly even the "Van Rental" belt?

"Houston, we have a problem, a large fat balding oik driving a white ford transit has just cut us up and is hogging our orbit, he is also reading the News of the World whilst sticking his fingers up at us",

"Atlantis, are you reporting an Unidentified Fat Object?"

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I certainly wouldn't put it past our government to try to fool us, but there is no way that they could cover up such a hoax. At the least, there would be Congressmen and Senators that were privy to that information, and that is a guarantee that it would be leaked.

Think of how much harder it would have been to cover up a fake moon landing than to cover up Watergate, and they were unable to do that.

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Or the Van Dyke belt?

"That's one small step for man, one giant lea....Ahhhhh!"

Uh Houston, this is Buzz. I think Neal tripped over something. Looks like a large footstool shaped rock. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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or the "Van Nuys" belt

"Houston, we have a problem, there is some hippy out here trying to sell Buzz some weed, two mexican gardeners are putting window boxes on the Eagle lander and two kids have stolen the moonbuggy and are joy-riding"

"Eagle? stone-groove man"

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not as bad as the Dick Van Dyke belt.

'Ere, 'ouston, we got a bit of an apples and pears problem 'ere, cor blimey guvnor bless my soul Merry Poppins...

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Hey stop making fun of Dutch names!

(but yes it's true, names like Dick and Dirk are actually quite popular down here...most parents are probably unaware of what it translates to in English

Henk

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">OK. That doesn't mean we have to stop taking the piss out of the Van Allen belt though. Watch:

Of course, worse than any of these is the Woody Allen belt (you see what I did there?). That's a field of neurotically charged particles ion orbit around New York...

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is probably the only accurate statement that came from the documentary, as you described it. Nixon did indeed have a disaster script made ready. I heard about this years ago, so I can't quote you the source.

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I wonder. Did the makers of Capricorn One know something, or is this an example of art imitating life? Personally, I can't imagine anyone in NASA trying to do the fake moon landing. There would be just too many people in the know to keep silent, and after 30 years, you know someone would have blabbed by now.

[ March 05, 2003, 18:02: Message edited by: gregebowman ]

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They never went to the moon
They never went to the moon
They never went to the moon
They never went to the moon
They never went to the moon

I'm trying to put it in my head, to erase all that false information I got in school.
And the crap I got from Hollywood.

Oh my, who can I trust now?
What can I believe?
Why did I ever click on this thread?
I want my life back!!!