[agrumpycow]

Originally Posted by thunder

No chance. If the Earth were only a few feet in diameter, floating above a field somewhere, the police would cordon it off and call the bomb disposal squad, who would carry out what is euphemistically called "a controlled detonation". Then they would announce that this suspicious object had turned out to be "a harmless package".
henrya (feeling more that usually cynival this morning!)

Ooh you pessimist you