The Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient astronomical device built by the Greeks around 80 B.C. and found on a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera by sponge divers in 1901. It is believed to have been created to track lunar and solar cycles for agricultural and religious purposes, but its precise function – and how it works – has eluded scholars for more than a century.
― m coleman, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 22:36 (eighteen years ago)
HOMER: I was standing right here when the horrible creature emerged from the woods.
(There's a rustle in the bushes. They gasp. Grampa comes out from behind the bushes.)
GRAMPA: For the love of god, help me! I've been here for four days and a turtle's got all of my teeth. There he is! (He points to a turtle wearing his dentures. Grampa runs about as fast as the turtle and has a hard time catching up.) Come back here, you! Slow down! I'll get you!
SCULLY: This is the worst assignment we've ever had.
MULDER: Worse than the time we were attacked by the flesh-eating virus?
GRAMPA: Oww! He bit me with my own teeth!
SCULLY: No, this is much more irritating. I've seen enough, Mulder. Let's go.
MULDER: Yeah, okay. But somewhere out there something is watching us. There are alien forces acting in ways we can't perceive. (Scully rolls her eyes.) Are we alone in the universe? Impossible. When you consider the wonders that exist all around. (Scully walks off.) Voodoo priests of Haiti, the Tibetan numerologists of Appalachia, the unsolved mysteries of Unsolved Mysteries. The truth is out there.
(Behind him, Moe and the two men are carrying the whale.)
MOE: Ohh. Who thought a whale could be so heavy. (They spot Mulder.) Geez, it's the feds!
(They run off.)
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 22:39 (eighteen years ago)