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[The Lamonster]

lol nice title change

 

[andycapps]

I'm really craving an alien jelly doughnut now. Thanks mods!

 

[AtomskEater]

Jelly doughnut? It's clearly an alien onigiri.

 

[CadetMahoney]

I've seen this hentai before.

 

[Joey Fox]

Royal jelly is high in manganese, though. So..maybe it's not a rock but an egg?

Royal jelly is high in manganese and turns bee larvae into Queen bees...

Maybe if someone knows of inorganic substances high in manganese I'll be dissuaded a bit.

I honestly can't tell if you're joking or not.

I'm not joking, I can't tell if the dark areas on that rock are jellyish or not.

 

[Mike M]

Royal jelly is high in manganese and turns bee larvae into Queen bees...

Maybe if someone knows of inorganic substances high in manganese I'll be dissuaded a bit.



I'm not joking, I can't tell if the dark areas on that rock are jellyish or not.

They are not. If they were, the article would be about "mysterious jellylike substance found on Mars" not "NASA doesn't know where this mysterious rock that wasn't there before came from."

Your entire premise is predicated on the fact you are grossly misinterpreting a spokesman saying the rock *looks like* a jelly donut, not that it shares any physical properties with one.

 

[Joey Fox]

Well I can't argue with that. It's quite logical, and looking at the tools on the Mars Rover they can probably tell if something is jelly-like.

I still expect some vindication on the manganese-front. It could be the result of microorganisms.

 

[Heretic]

Why the title change?

 

[sinxtanx]

'Cos it's not actually jelly, it's a darker part of a rock. OP takes things literally and has payed the price for it.

 

[terrisus]

 

[GaimeGuy]

Why the title change?

Because"Why I believe NASA has released the first picture of an alien jelly donut" is far more hilarious than "Why I believe NASA has released the first picture of an alien"

 

[SquiddyCracker]

1/5 Pentagods.

 

[y2dvd]

Jelly donuts are universal. This is now fact.

 

[Heretic]

'Cos it's not actually jelly, it's a darker part of a rock. OP takes things literally and has payed the price for it.

Because"Why I believe NASA has released the first picture of an alien jelly donut" is far more hilarious than "Why I believe NASA has released the first picture of an alien"

Seems to me like the mods have sold out to the U.S. Government. This is why there won't ever be full disclosure on this subject.

 

[SteveWinwood]

ah yes a nationals fan

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Fascinating.

 

[bluehat9]

I need a definition of "donut" now.

 

[Huw_Dawson]

So that's what they meant by Space Jam.

 

[Starviper]

All hail our glorious donut overlords.

 

[Parch]

Alien probes on earth are probably extremely confused by the garbage they find.

 

[IHaveIce]

There is a basic rule with NASA findings, if it had been anything really interesting, we would never have heard about it.

 

[PseudoKirby]

oh just send someone already, doesnt matter if it takes 9 months to get there.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Turns out it was a Martian....rock.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Scientists have solved the mystery of the "jelly doughnut" rock on Mars that appeared to come out of nowhere.

NASA said Friday that a wheel of the rover Opportunity broke it off a larger rock and then kicked it into the field of view.

The Internet was abuzz last month when the space agency released side-by-side images of the same patch of ground. Only one image showed the rock, which was white around the outside and dark red in the middle, and less than 2 inches wide.

Scientists had suspected that one of Opportunity's wheels kicked the rock as it drove. They received confirmation after analyzing recent images of the original piece of rock.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mystery-of-jelly-doughnut-martian-rock-solved

The quest for alien jelly donuts continues.

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

That's just want they want us to believe.

The truth is out there.

Trust no one.

 

[Gozer the Gozerian]

Is OP serious?

I find him fascinating

Science should study his brain

 

[FTF]

Damn, now I want a donut...like that new brownie filled one at dunkin donuts...mmmmm.

 

[Eusis]

What the heck scientists. There's a Dunkin' Donuts every 3 minutes around here.
You didn't need to waste millions of dollars sending a rover to Mars to get them.

In a bizarre contrast the closest one here is ONLY on an army base, so I'd have to travel way further anyway.

I'd bring up Krispy Kreme but most of those closed up nearby too. Well, we have a really good local place at lease.

Also not surprised it's just a rock.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

I like this picture. I think it proves it's not an actual jelly donut.

Source: http://www.universetoday.com/108225/the-rock-that-appeared-out-of-nowhere-on-mars/

The question of whether the darker area is a jelly-like substance remains for me.

It's a part of sunflower, you know where you eat the seeds and throw it away.

 

[Joey Fox]

Never again will I let myself get fooled by NASA analogies.

Next thing you know I'll find out the hand of God is a nebula.

 

[terrisus]

Turns out it was a Martian....rock.


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mystery-of-jelly-doughnut-martian-rock-solved

The quest for alien jelly donuts continues.

OP has to get some sort of tag as a result of this, don't they?

 

[terrisus]

Next thing you know I'll find out the hand of God is a nebula.