Ooh! The hadron collider has karked it! Yippeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

[FlightAttendent]

I just heard on newsround, it is fucked. Great, we might not die yet then!

All that money - could have bought every mumsnetter a pair of jimmy choos and a nice handbag and still had change and the joy would have reverberated around the world many times causing a big bang!

Well I'm very cross with them. I hope the sparky involved gets a strict talking to and a detention

Was looking forward to wonderful things happening.

In our house anything that fails dramatically is said to have 'done a Beagle' after the Beagle probe thingy

That the Collider has done a Beagle is not surprising me one bit

pointydog - re "I am surprised at your lack of knowledge re the word plasticine"

You shouldn't be, considering I am not a native speaker of English and while I obviously know enough of your language to level your pointy ass on the subject of teenager-level chemistry, I cannot be expected to be familiar with certain brands of modelling clay (now that I've looked it up the word 'Plasticine') that probably never existed in any place I ever lived.

oh, is plasticine a UK thing? I thought everyone knew about plasticine

What's your first language?

Imagine the disapointment. Waiting 10yrs or more for the bloody thing to start and it breaks down 10 miles down the road!
Can't restart it now until next spring!!
At least the world will be safe for a few months lol!
Starting to feel like they will NEVER get it working as our technology and so called EXPERTISE is in the stone age!
Fed up and a bit pissed...apologies