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I lol'd but I don't know why. I think at this point I'm just pavlovian-conditioned to laugh at an odd facial expression coupled with a non-sequitor caption.
posted by amethysts at 12:16 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by amethysts at 12:16 PM on June 17, 2010
um....
posted by Lutoslawski at 12:17 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by Lutoslawski at 12:17 PM on June 17, 2010
what
posted by Devils Rancher at 12:17 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by Devils Rancher at 12:17 PM on June 17, 2010
Neither am I.
posted by azarbayejani at 12:17 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by azarbayejani at 12:17 PM on June 17, 2010
I am not considering this a post.
posted by octothorpe at 12:18 PM on June 17, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by octothorpe at 12:18 PM on June 17, 2010 [5 favorites]
.Woah.
posted by Think_Long at 12:18 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by Think_Long at 12:18 PM on June 17, 2010
Yeah, I don't get it. That's happening more and more these days.
Huh?
posted by cjorgensen at 12:18 PM on June 17, 2010
Huh?
posted by cjorgensen at 12:18 PM on June 17, 2010
Well why isn't he, dammit? It's the only way to be sure.
posted by kipmanley at 12:19 PM on June 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by kipmanley at 12:19 PM on June 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
BREAKING: The New York Times supplants popular image board 4chan as the world's leading producer of internet memes.
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 12:19 PM on June 17, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 12:19 PM on June 17, 2010 [5 favorites]
At this point, what's the worst that can happen? Endless radioactive oil? Er.
posted by maxwelton at 12:21 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by maxwelton at 12:21 PM on June 17, 2010
He's trying, very hard. That is a look of a man trying very hard to ignore a crater in his life. It was a tough breakup. At odd times, it just pops into his head: bomb. Then he saw Dr. Strangelove (the things that pass you by, the things you don't have time for on the way to your PhD, and then to politics) and there it was. Some other man was with his bomb. Hootin', hollerin', carrying on ... a grand old time.
It's over now, and the little trick of snapping a rubber band against his wrist every time that syllable crossed his mind helped, but that doesn't mean that he is happy. Or that he ever will be, not since she dropped that — dammit! *snap*
posted by adipocere at 12:24 PM on June 17, 2010 [3 favorites]
It's over now, and the little trick of snapping a rubber band against his wrist every time that syllable crossed his mind helped, but that doesn't mean that he is happy. Or that he ever will be, not since she dropped that — dammit! *snap*
posted by adipocere at 12:24 PM on June 17, 2010 [3 favorites]
Stephen Chu is considering a Jaegerbomb.
http://i47.tinypic.com/15fr7tt.png
posted by codacorolla at 12:25 PM on June 17, 2010 [6 favorites]
http://i47.tinypic.com/15fr7tt.png
posted by codacorolla at 12:25 PM on June 17, 2010 [6 favorites]
Sissy.
posted by homunculus at 12:26 PM on June 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by homunculus at 12:26 PM on June 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
what's the worst that can happen?
Badly fracturing the strata of the whole area, creating a hundred holes are created, releasing what would take years to leak in a week?
Not to mention the possibility of igniting ALL of the methane in the reservoir AT ONCE. (When that happened in the past, it was really, really bad.)
posted by Twang at 12:26 PM on June 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
Badly fracturing the strata of the whole area, creating a hundred holes are created, releasing what would take years to leak in a week?
Not to mention the possibility of igniting ALL of the methane in the reservoir AT ONCE. (When that happened in the past, it was really, really bad.)
posted by Twang at 12:26 PM on June 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
Steven Chu is considering the Cobb salad.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 12:28 PM on June 17, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 12:28 PM on June 17, 2010 [3 favorites]
Just kidding. No, he's not. He'll have the chipotle burger.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 12:28 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 12:28 PM on June 17, 2010
What other things can he not consider? STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT.
posted by The Whelk at 12:29 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by The Whelk at 12:29 PM on June 17, 2010
Well, don't just let him hang around looking like a dick, people.
Somebody set us up the bomb. And for fuck's sake, can we just launch every Zig already?
For great justice!!!!!
posted by Admiral Haddock at 12:30 PM on June 17, 2010
Somebody set us up the bomb. And for fuck's sake, can we just launch every Zig already?
For great justice!!!!!
posted by Admiral Haddock at 12:30 PM on June 17, 2010
Of course not. He is considering a bombchu.
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 12:31 PM on June 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 12:31 PM on June 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
I feel as though I have just lost a game of 20 Questions with Steven Chu, and now he's staring at me with grave disappointment. Somehow, I know he's not going to tell me what he actually was thinking about.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 12:31 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 12:31 PM on June 17, 2010
Steven Chu, in Rockland, ME, after having read "Consider the Lobster".
posted by cog_nate at 12:31 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by cog_nate at 12:31 PM on June 17, 2010
"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."
posted by bondcliff at 12:34 PM on June 17, 2010 [6 favorites]
posted by bondcliff at 12:34 PM on June 17, 2010 [6 favorites]
Steven Chu mere seconds before an octopus is thrown in his general direction.
posted by fijiwriter at 12:35 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by fijiwriter at 12:35 PM on June 17, 2010
To me, it looked more like, "Steven Chu, while walking through headhunter territory, realizes that he has heard a twig snap just behind him..."
But I can pull a lot of information out of a simple nervous glance.
posted by quin at 12:40 PM on June 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
But I can pull a lot of information out of a simple nervous glance.
posted by quin at 12:40 PM on June 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
Bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb ba bombaraaaa aaaaa aannnnnnn
posted by spicynuts at 12:41 PM on June 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by spicynuts at 12:41 PM on June 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
Steven Chu wonders if you know about that stain on your shirt.
posted by dirigibleman at 12:43 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by dirigibleman at 12:43 PM on June 17, 2010
Steven Chu is dumbstruck by the fact that 8 people marked this post as favorite. Jesus.
posted by spicynuts at 12:45 PM on June 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by spicynuts at 12:45 PM on June 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
I believe that the OP should add the (SLNYT) tag. Just to be safe.
posted by Splunge at 12:45 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by Splunge at 12:45 PM on June 17, 2010
ENERGY SECRETARY STEVEN CHU IS CONSIDERING THE AUK
by Ogden Nash
Consider the auk;
Becoming extinct because he forgot how to fly, and could only walk.
Consider man, who may well become extinct
Because he forgot how to walk and learned how to fly before he thinked.
posted by steef at 12:47 PM on June 17, 2010 [3 favorites]
by Ogden Nash
Consider the auk;
Becoming extinct because he forgot how to fly, and could only walk.
Consider man, who may well become extinct
Because he forgot how to walk and learned how to fly before he thinked.
posted by steef at 12:47 PM on June 17, 2010 [3 favorites]
He's too busy thinking about beans and portobello mushrooms.
posted by The Card Cheat at 12:47 PM on June 17, 2010
posted by The Card Cheat at 12:47 PM on June 17, 2010
Steven Chu is dumbstruck by the fact that 8 people marked this post as favorite. Jesus.
9! Come on, this is the best MeFi post I've seen all month.
posted by rusty at 12:50 PM on June 17, 2010 [4 favorites]
9! Come on, this is the best MeFi post I've seen all month.
posted by rusty at 12:50 PM on June 17, 2010 [4 favorites]
I'm sorry, but that is clearly the face of a man who is considering a bomb.
posted by vibrotronica at 12:53 PM on June 17, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by vibrotronica at 12:53 PM on June 17, 2010 [2 favorites]
Consider the auk
an auk in flight is sheer delight
as it soars above the sea
an auk on land is not so grand
an auk walks awk-wardly
posted by Think_Long at 12:53 PM on June 17, 2010 [4 favorites]
an auk in flight is sheer delight
as it soars above the sea
an auk on land is not so grand
an auk walks awk-wardly
posted by Think_Long at 12:53 PM on June 17, 2010 [4 favorites]
9! Come on, this is the best MeFi post I've seen all month
Congratulations on your recovery from that coma. You must feel well rested!
posted by spicynuts at 12:54 PM on June 17, 2010
Congratulations on your recovery from that coma. You must feel well rested!
posted by spicynuts at 12:54 PM on June 17, 2010
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