In the News: German Boy Hit by Meteorite

[shortbutfast]

i found this amusing. imagine... lolz

space.com - Fri Jun 12, 9:45 am ET

A 14-year old German boy was hit in the hand by a pea-sized meteorite that scared the bejeezus out of him and left a scar.

"When it hit me it knocked me flying and then was still going fast enough to bury itself into the road," Gerrit Blank said in a newspaper account.

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[xbettiemachetex]

I'm just imagining in my head this kid gainingg superhuman powers or getting infecected with some new space virus because of the meteor lol.

...poor kid though.

[shortbutfast]

lolz. space virus. just what we need when everyone's getting hysterical with the flu thing already.

[mieka_writes]

yeowitch... but oh what a story that kiddo's gonna have later..

[shortbutfast]

i was thinking that too. this kind of thing just doesn't happen every day.

[mieka_writes]

good thing.... space rocks falling on your head has the potential to be Very Bad

[shortbutfast]

haha, that's right. must. protect. self.

[breakingthrunow]

This really made me laugh, too. It's like the beginning of some scifi movie.
We should write a script. ;D

[shortbutfast]

totally. we can engage your screenwriter dude and see how good he *really is. oh yes indeed. :]