It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel...

[S1ur]

only a wee bit nervous.

So the Large Hadron Collider gets switched on in 9 days....

Science aim to recreate the conditions of the big bang.

Now come on, nothing can go wrong with that plan right?

Anyone worried?

Disclaimer: don't be scared, dp says its all been risk assessed and there is No Need to Panic. And he is a scientist so he is mad knows.

[S1ur]

xthreads going on a bit..

[footballsgalore]

Hope they're not doing it in my back garden

[Bowddee]

There's another thread on this. I'd prefer them to pull the trigger on the 9th as I don't want to go back to work (I'm due back on the 10th).

[BoysAreLikeDogs]

at x thread

Like the x files here tonight

[Anifrangapani]

I have been to CERN to see the colliders and they are so cool

[S1ur]

It is fascinating and only ever so slightly like a premise for a disaster movie.

(and Torchwood are doing a special episode around it)

[BoysAreLikeDogs]

Ani I am going to cultivate you like mad

[S1ur]

oooh too, it could be a remarkable advance in scientific knowledge, or it could be like a year 9 science lesson and just fizz a bit.

[PortBlacksandResident]

Well there has been an actual star been going in the basement of Imperial College, London for years now. [Urban Myth Emoticon].

[Anifrangapani]

It was so fun...I got to press the button ( well the return key on a computer) that sent a neutrino into an electron..... then all the monitors went a bit weird ( think very large magnet on your TV weird), every one got excited except me and then it was upstairs to the bar.

Shame I had to be going out with a total jerk to get the gig [hmn]

[Anifrangapani]

That should be

And I AM cultivated. In the way a mould is cultivated

[S1ur]

Oooh I have new respect for Ani, you got to press the button. That is pretty cool.

Were you tempted to take a balloon and pop it just as button was pressed? Just to keep everyone on their toes?

[BoysAreLikeDogs]

Ani, will you be my New Best Friend??

(See am cultivating you)

[morningpaper]

didn't you just want to press the button and then pretend your finger was stuck and convulse screaming hysterically

[NomDePlume]

ROFFLE Kerrymum

[morningpaper]

I will be gutted if this happens becuase I have a trip to Ikea planned in a few weeks

[S1ur]

Setember 10th.

you don't have long Kerry.


Hurumph

[Anifrangapani]

I wish I had thought of that slur. My evil streak only came out in later life. Something to do with pregnancy hormones I think.

BALD So long as you don't feel the need to shag my dh like one of my friends

[S1ur]

Yes MP that would be my fear too, lack of Ikeas in black holes.