Slog - Comments on Attic envy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy When I was a kid, I found a stack of newspapers from 1927 hidden in my attic, along with an ancient bottle of wine. I was impressed. This man just found an alien fetus in a jar in his. Suddenly my attic seems geeky and uninteresting.... Copyright 2007 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:26:30 -0800 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:49:16 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Lippy Imp Beats the hell out of finding your dad's stash of Playboys, don't it?

I also love the thoughtful position of the alien, as if it travelled all that way to Earth and was wondering "Is that all?"

]]> Lippy Imp http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015645 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015645 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:01:08 -0800 Comment by Peter Did you drink the wine? I was impressed when I found a filing cabinet that had two drawers filled with my dad's scorecards from golf, and the other drawers of course were Playboy and Penthouse.

]]> Peter http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015647 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015647 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:03:50 -0800 Comment by Fnarf What precisely is a "US serial number"?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015648 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015648 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:05:20 -0800 Comment by Napoleon XIII Those things? The cats used to drag 'em in half-eaten all the time. Some of them were still moving.

Never thought to save one in a jar, though.

]]> Napoleon XIII http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015649 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015649 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:06:23 -0800 Comment by B.D. FNARF: Perhaps they mean Social Security Number? Maybe they collected death benefits for it, but only through it into the jar.

Um, but how do they know it's a "fetus"? Maybe aliens are wee creatures.

]]> B.D. http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015654 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015654 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:09:59 -0800 Comment by Fnarf But why would an alien have a SSN? They don't just appear out of nowhere; they're assigned to people. And how would you know it was an SSN? Until its meaning is identified, it's just nine digits. Maybe it's his phone number, or the SKU from Archie McPhee's where it was purchased.

The article also perpetrates a classic kook debating technique: suggesting that the improbability or unlikelihood of something is evidence that it's true. "They" deny it, so it must be true.

From the photograph, I'd say the thing in the jar is probably either JFK or Jimmy Hoffa.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015673 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015673 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:35:04 -0800 Comment by B.D. Hm, good point about the SSN. It's probably an illegal alien, then. Maybe Army dog tags? Maybe some sort of specimen number? Who knows?

They did say in the article that it appears to be modeled out of a clay like substance.

Maybe they'll have a naming contest with proceeds to go to charity. Name the alien!

]]> B.D. http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015675 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015675 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:39:45 -0800 Comment by jerod I vote for "Steve".

]]> jerod http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015713 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015713 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:29:21 -0800 Comment by naysayin' Are you all out distributing the paper yourself today? WTF happened to SLOG after two thirty?

]]> naysayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015771 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015771 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:19:11 -0800 Comment by ahura The Slog does seem slow. But I kind of like it. I can read all the posts and comments. I would've been fine if Eli's post was the only one today. What else is there to talk about?

]]> ahura http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015784 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c015784 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:13:49 -0800 Comment by kori Hi you have a nice homepage

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]]> marvel http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c094665 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c094665 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:33:21 -0800 Comment by dianne Hi you have a nice homepage

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]]> tommy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c104095 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c104095 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:17:37 -0800 Comment by darrell Holla and Happy Thanksgiving.

]]> darrell http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c108596 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/attic_envy#c108596 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:05:43 -0800 Comment by becky This is the coolest La Cocina.

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