ok first of all.... you dont really seem to know numbers...its ok, most americans dont really know anything about math so im used to it. they spent 12 million not billion...very big difference. Yes it is still a waste of money, but what can you say, its government.
Just to show how pervasive a rumor becomes, here are the Google hits when searching a sentence of that passage. The same paragraph shows up verbatim on many sites. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...om+below+freezing+to+over+300°+C.&btnG=Search .
It wasn't $12 million either. Someone named Fisher put up the money to develop the pen and NASA bought them for a few bucks a piece. NASA spent some money testing them, whatever amount that was. .
omg. ... you see...everyone hates russia, but they are smarter... and NASA? icon of biggest brains - idiots...
it's like when i use up every xenophobic stereotype i can think of in a conversation for humor, and people take it seriously. then the entire conversation turns to "but brits dont' actually have bad teeth...well, i mean, me and everyone i know does, but that doesn't make it true!"
I mean do people believe any kind of crap they read online? Seriously, I know the deposed prince of Nigeria is looking for a safe place to hide his finances from the new Nigerian dictatorship, if only....
on a side note, i hear the brooklyn bridge really IS for sale, but no one feels comfortable buying it...
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1. Ahhh ha ha ha. Nakedtree .... that was very funny thank you for a laugh. 2. give me the second from the LEFT ..... and the third on the left ...... at the same time.
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I agree, I have had trouble even posting here lately because there are so many complete morons It doesn't stop me, but I have reached my threshold of being polite