'N Sync member Lance Bass

July 10, 2002 3:02 AM

'N Sync member Lance Bass to be removed from the planet Earth, if only temporarily.
posted by bingo (19 comments total)

Sorry, I had to do it, it was totally my call. He questioned my sobriety.
posted by donkeyschlong at 3:10 AM on July 10, 2002

Hee hee, nice one, donkeyschlong.
posted by Miss Beth at 4:00 AM on July 10, 2002

dp
posted by techgnollogic at 4:57 AM on July 10, 2002

I wonder if they would consider, say for an extra million or so, ejecting him into the void of space. Hmm, probably a bad idea, he would wind up really irritating some other race out there somewhere, and they would come to earth all pissed off and stomp on us for littering.
Oh well, he is our burden. One of them.
posted by a3matrix at 4:57 AM on July 10, 2002

The Russian Space Agency charge $20million to take a tourist up into space and back again. A fund has already been set up for Lance Bass to raise $10 million.
posted by salmacis at 4:57 AM on July 10, 2002

They should eject him into space and make him a new satelite.
posted by sahrens428 at 5:02 AM on July 10, 2002

Good headline, bingo.
posted by tomplus2 at 7:46 AM on July 10, 2002

I don't understand why people give him such a hard time. If you could get paid to sing and dance and entertain people, wouldn't you? If you could take some of the money you got paid for that and go to the freaking Space Station, wouldn't you?

Sounds like an ugly combination of envy and forced hipper-than-thou attitude.
posted by anildash at 10:32 AM on July 10, 2002

Side note, now I see why choir or band was better than sports in school.
I'm not nor will I, be a professional sports player, yet I knew it when I lettered in them.

Remember in February it was mentioned this was a publicity stunt, now I bet he or marketing wished they pronounced his name Bass as in the instrument.
He would be the king of rock'n roll in outer bass(base).
posted by thomcatspike at 11:06 AM on July 10, 2002

I admit it, I am green with envy. A trip to the space station would be an undeniably excellent and exciting time.
Damn lottery......
posted by a3matrix at 12:36 PM on July 10, 2002

If they can send one member of 'NSync to outer space, why can't they send them all there?
*ba dum dum* Thank yew, thank yew verra much.
posted by jokeefe at 3:00 PM on July 10, 2002

anildash: You're right. I am envious that I was not the person who was anointed into his position arbitrarily.
posted by bingo at 3:29 PM on July 10, 2002

Skallas, can you think of an 80's song for this.
posted by thomcatspike at 5:28 PM on July 10, 2002

"The Final Countdown" by Europe?
posted by kindall at 5:46 PM on July 10, 2002

Major Tom by Peter Schilling:

4, 3, 2, 1
Earth below us
drifting, falling.
Floating weightless
calling, calling home...
posted by jaden at 9:10 PM on July 10, 2002

I'd rather see Cindy go.
posted by gummi at 9:12 PM on July 10, 2002

In space, no one can hear you suck.
posted by Soliloquy at 9:55 PM on July 10, 2002

A trip to the space station would be an undeniably excellent and exciting time.

Yep! Poor ventilation, high carbon dioxide levels, and a constant 75 dB noise level, plus accumulation of corrosive mold and fungus, not to mention pooping in free fall. Can't wait.

Haven't they learned how to do the whole artificial "gravity" via centrifugal force thing yet? Sheesh, Kubrick had that downpat 35 years ago!
posted by chuq at 1:27 AM on July 11, 2002

can you think of an 80's song for this.

Jello Biafra and NoMeansNo -- Falling Space Junk?
posted by adampsyche at 4:04 AM on July 11, 2002