dlaing Posted November 17, 2009 Posted November 17, 2009 Time Traveling Bird Sabotages Collider Sometime on Nov. 3, the supercooled magnets in sector 81 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), outside Geneva, began to dangerously overheat. Scientists rushed to diagnose the problem, since the particle accelerator has to maintain a temperature colder than deep space in order to work. The culprit? "A bit of baguette," says Mike Lamont of the control center of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which built and maintains the LHC. Apparently, a passing bird may have dropped the chunk of bread on an electrical substation above the accelerator, causing a power cut. The baguette was removed, power to the cryogenic system was restored and within a few days the magnets returned to their supercool temperatures. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,...s#ixzz0X6HiTPJx
belfastguzzi Posted November 17, 2009 Author Posted November 17, 2009 "A bit of baguette," ...The culprit? "er... yes, em, it must have been a... bird" said Mike Lamont of the control center of CERN, brushing crumbs from his beard and fondling a particularly ripe piece of Camembert nestling in his cardigan pocket...
Guzzi2Go Posted November 17, 2009 Posted November 17, 2009 Did anyone check for baguette remains between the temp sensor and the head? Could this be the culprit? Enquiring mind... you know.
belfastguzzi Posted November 17, 2009 Author Posted November 17, 2009 The Moto Guzzi Baguette Now there's a fine name for a motorcycle.
Dan M Posted November 17, 2009 Posted November 17, 2009 Seems like Moto Guzzi Loaf would be more appropriate
DeBenGuzzi Posted November 17, 2009 Posted November 17, 2009 Did anyone check for baguette remains between the temp sensor and the head? Could this be the culprit? Enquiring mind... you know. oh COME ON NOW, this is neither the time nor the place, if the earth didn't spin how would we measure time?
belfastguzzi Posted November 18, 2009 Author Posted November 18, 2009 Seems like Moto Guzzi Loaf would be more appropriate By the way, as a matter of interest etc do you guys, over there, have digestive biscuits? If so, do you call them something, well, let's say a little more modern?
Dan M Posted November 18, 2009 Posted November 18, 2009 By the way, as a matter of interest etc do you guys, over there, have digestive biscuits? If so, do you call them something, well, let's say a little more modern? Can't say I'm familiar with the product. Does have that 19th century sound to it. I can offer the "Mississippi Delta Cathead Biscuit" Pretty sure they don't aid digestion. burp http://www.deltablues.net/biscuit.html I hear Mississippi holds the title for most obese people.
belfastguzzi Posted November 18, 2009 Author Posted November 18, 2009 Can't say I'm familiar with the product. Sacrebleu!
mike wilson Posted November 20, 2009 Posted November 20, 2009 You've been watching too many French footballers.
antonio carroccio Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 time for real Italian food, "pasta al forno con besciamella" not that ordinary cookie...
Skeeve Posted November 25, 2009 Posted November 25, 2009 By the way, as a matter of interest etc do you guys, over there, have digestive biscuits? If so, do you call them something, well, let's say a little more modern? I think we call'em "cr@p cookies that don't sell: pass me those Mother's circus animals over there" over here...
jrt Posted November 26, 2009 Posted November 26, 2009 I think we call'em "cr@p cookies that don't sell: pass me those Mother's circus animals over there" over here... And a beer.
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