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Wednesday January 12 7:49 AM ET

Narrow Escape From Human Excrement Ice Ball!

MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish man narrowly escaped injury when a nine-pound ball of ice -- thought to be frozen human excrement ejected from a passing aircraft -- fell on his car near the southern city of Seville, authorities said.

The man was about to enter the vehicle when a friend stopped him for a chat. The ball of ice, measuring eight inches in diameter, then plummeted out of a cloudless sky and crushed the car's hood.

An official at Spain's Meteorology Institute said investigators were examining a fragment of the iceball which was collected by police at the scene.

.........Alan.

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Contrails gone awry! Well, you know what they say, shite happens...

-- Whew! (break@the.tension), January 14, 2000.

Great title, Alan. ROTFLMAO!

-- (-@-.-), January 14, 2000.

If (God Forbid) it had fallen a few more inches in a fatal direction -- what on earth would you put on the poor guy's headstone?

-- I'm Here, I'm There (I'm Everywhere@so.beware), January 14, 2000.

"Here lies one unsung, clobbered by a load of dung"?

-- BigDog (BigDog@duffer.com), January 14, 2000.

" a nine-pound ball of ice -- thought to be frozen human excrement ejected from a passing aircraft"

...sounds like someone pushed the eject button on Y2K Pro's seat and didn't give him a parachute.

-- (ROFL@LOL.LOL), January 14, 2000.

Heh, I read that in the book of Revelations, hail the size of a man's head. crazzzy. hehe

-- Hokie (Hokie_@hotmail.com), January 14, 2000.

Hold on a sec... you're not trying to suggest that the sky is falling, are you? (grin)

-- Arnie Rimmer (Arnie_Rimmer@usa.net), January 14, 2000.

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Comet debris falls on Spain

Updated 12:06 PM ET January 17, 2000

MADRID (Reuters) - At least 10 melon-sized ice balls that have slammed into Spain in the last week are probably debris from comets, not human excrement as first suspected, a Spanish scientist said Monday.

Enrique Martinez, head of a team at the Higher Council of Scientific Investigation studying the phenomenon, said it was first thought that the ice balls were human excrement ejected from high-flying aircraft.

"But they lack the typical coloring and texture we find in those cases," he said.

A man in southern Spain escaped injury last week when an eight-inch ice ball weighing nine pounds smashed into his car.

-- h (h@h.h), January 17, 2000.

Gawd!!! The issue is still being hotly debated among the populace at large!! Invading debris from outer space? Human excrement from aircraft??

So much for, "The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain". Truly makes one lament for previous simpler, gentler times....

-- King of Spain (madrid@aol.cum), January 18, 2000.

King of Spain, C'Mon, Guy! This is your country, these are your people! Stop the sky from falling!

-- Paranoia Will (Destroy_Y@BlackCopters.com), January 18, 2000.

Enrique Martinez, head of a team at the Higher Council of Scientific Investigation studying the phenomenon, said it was first thought that the ice balls were human excrement ejected from high-flying aircraft...

Tomorrow's Enquirer headline: Komet Krap Koverup Kontinues.

..."But they lack the typical coloring and texture we find in those cases," he said.

Oh, and the Intergalactic Pooper Snoopers know what the "typical coloring and texture" is when ET takes a dump? Hey, it's a job, I suppose. But I smell KONSPIRACY here!

-- I'm Here, I'm There (I'm Everywhere@so.beware), January 18, 2000.

You people should be ASHAMED of yourselves for trying to raise a stink about recent events in Spain!!!

Gawd, where is the obnoxious polly that sometimes posts here under the handle of "Chicken Little"?? Perhaps his bird brain could be put to good use in explaining this delicate issue....

-- King of Spain (madrid@aol.cum), January 18, 2000.

Let's be thankful elephants don't fly over Spain!!!

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), January 18, 2000.

Your Majesty:

Forsooth sire, would it not be rather "the rain in Spain falls mainly from the plane?"

Comet debris? Sure. I trust they alerted NASA. They'd be very, very interested in how ice managed to survive reentry. Might oughta use it instead of those thermal heat tiles on the shuttle.

Bombs away!

........Alan.

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