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.

xthreads going on a bit..

Hope they're not doing it in my back garden

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).

at x thread

Like the x files here tonight

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

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

(and Torchwood are doing a special episode around it)

Ani I am going to cultivate you like mad

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.

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

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]

That should be

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

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?

Ani, will you be my New Best Friend??

(See am cultivating you)

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

ROFFLE Kerrymum

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

Setember 10th.

you don't have long Kerry.

Hurumph

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

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