mid-air near miss with Boys on board?

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Janet Street-Porter · Thu 29 Mar 2007, 2:26 pm

Pet Shop Girl wrote:The boys nearly died and you guys are totally making a big joke out of it by talking about Aliens! That does not make sense at all. Then some bloke always has to bring up Erasure, I guess you guys must really like them and are hesitant to admit it. If I do not like a band, I will not mention them at all. I guess some of you really do like them. I notice that some of the people who make bad comments on the Erasure threads on Off Topic hardly speak about the PSB music on this section, like skyhigh. Most of the times I only see him come out on the Erasure threads, that is a bit suspicious.

You're right. I shall immediately begin a week of mourning for the plane crash that PSB nearly had followed by a fortnight in memory of them releasing Absolutely Fabulous.

One of the crowd · Thu 29 Mar 2007, 2:46 pm

Janet Street-Porter wrote:
Pet Shop Girl wrote:The boys nearly died and you guys are totally making a big joke out of it by talking about Aliens! That does not make sense at all. Then some bloke always has to bring up Erasure, I guess you guys must really like them and are hesitant to admit it. If I do not like a band, I will not mention them at all. I guess some of you really do like them. I notice that some of the people who make bad comments on the Erasure threads on Off Topic hardly speak about the PSB music on this section, like skyhigh. Most of the times I only see him come out on the Erasure threads, that is a bit suspicious.
You're right. I shall immediately begin a week of mourning for the plane crash that PSB nearly had followed by a fortnight in memory of them releasing Absolutely Fabulous.

LOL.

No one mentioned N&C could have died when their tyre burst recently, did they?!!

Vince · #33 Post by **Vince** » Thu 29 Mar 2007, 2:51 pm

@Pet Shop Girl : I bet we were are all relieved about them being alive.. but when they write a song about that near-miss (and i'm sure Neil will

), would you call them insensitive to write a song about a near-miss plane accident?

BTW reminds me of George Carlin's joke... "They call it a near-miss.. i call it a near-hit.."

Pet Shop Girl · #34 Post by **Pet Shop Girl** » Thu 29 Mar 2007, 2:57 pm

I am sure that Neil & CHris will write a song about this experience, but I am sure it won't be a parody of it. But many things could have happened when they had the tire blow out too! Hey, they are safe so that is all that matters now.

Undertaker · #35 Post by **Undertaker** » Thu 29 Mar 2007, 3:32 pm

Yeah Pet Shop Girl, they nearly died

Get a hold on it ffs.

A few simple calculations. The plane was 40 seconds away from this 'object' which we now have it on good authority that it was Aliens throwing Erasures album back at earth because they were disgusted with the plinky plonk sound again. 40 seconds away, with a plane travelling at what, 300 miles per hour? So roughly, the plane was around 5 miles away from doomsday.

I had a close call today as well. A car hit a hedge 5 miles away from me. I'm still shaking after reading it in the paper.

Dave

Frequency · #36 Post by **Frequency** » Thu 29 Mar 2007, 3:40 pm

I nearly died once. However, no-one famous was involved so I don't suppose it would have mattered.

One of the crowd · Thu 29 Mar 2007, 4:10 pm

Pet Shop Girl wrote:I am sure that Neil & CHris will write a song about this experience, but I am sure it won't be a parody of it. But many things could have happened when they had the tire blow out too! Hey, they are safe so that is all that matters now.

How can they write a song about the "experience" when the pair of them were sound asleep and oblivious to what was going on?

Anyway, it was Only The Wind, blowing litter all around.

Pet Shop Girl · #38 Post by **Pet Shop Girl** » Thu 29 Mar 2007, 4:28 pm

I am not the one who said they would write about it in the first place. I believe it was Vince who said that. So go ask him that question. But you know since we want to poke fun at this, lets say the Aliens were throwing Scissor Sisters records out, we do not know what kind of records were being thrown. WHy does it always necessarily have to be Erasure records! It could have been any band. I guess that is what Dave aka Undertaker, saw in some episode of The Twilight Zone.

Undertaker · #39 Post by **Undertaker** » Thu 29 Mar 2007, 4:36 pm

Pet Shop Girl wrote:I WHy does it always necessarily have to be Erasure records! It could have been any band.

There is a recession in outer space. Money is tight and all they can afford is albums out of the bargain bin. So putting 2 and 2 together, it has to be Erasure. Surely thats a no brainer.

Dave

Suburban_Boy · #40 Post by **Suburban_Boy** » Thu 29 Mar 2007, 5:31 pm

Not a Russian satellite according to NASA....

Nicholas Johnson, a chief scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Centre, told AP that although there was some Russian debris expected to fall back to Earth, it was not due until 12 hours after the pilot spotted "incandescent material" falling past his plane.

"Unless someone has their times wrong, there appears to be no correlation," he said.

Russian authorities also maintain that the cargo ship Progress M-58 had fallen to Earth when it was expected to. It says that at the time the pilot reported the near-miss, the cargo ship was still attached to the International Space Station.

In the absence of a retired, burning spaceship to explain the sighting, the most likely explanation is that the pilot witnessed a meteor on its way through the atmosphere. Around 50 hit the atmosphere everyday, but most burn up before they hit the ground.

Lee

Pet Shop Girl · #41 Post by **Pet Shop Girl** » Thu 29 Mar 2007, 5:58 pm

Undertaker wrote:
Pet Shop Girl wrote:I WHy does it always necessarily have to be Erasure records! It could have been any band.
There is a recession in outer space. Money is tight and all they can afford is albums out of the bargain bin. So putting 2 and 2 together, it has to be Erasure. Surely thats a no brainer.

Dave

Oh so there is no other band on the planet that you can't stand but Erasure. I know I have several bands I can't stand, not just one. I can name at least 5 that I would throw into the bargain bin. But this incident of what happened has nothing to do with Erasure. Why you insist on bringing them up all the time, I really do not know why! You need to get a grip. This was an incident that nearly happened to PSB and that was it. It does not make sense for you to put Erasure into this.

mauricio · #42 Post by **mauricio** » Thu 29 Mar 2007, 6:14 pm

News appeared In a chilean newspaper ("El Mercurio"):
http://www.emol.com/noticias/cultura_es ... cia=250918

The text below photo is shocking...

Frequency · #43 Post by **Frequency** » Thu 29 Mar 2007, 6:39 pm

PSBGirl, are you being paid by Erasure to defend their internet honour ? If yes, then how much is it per hour and do you think I could get a job too as I saw a thread somewhere before requiring immediate attention, as certain members were questioning the release of their controversial covers album, Other Peoples Songs.

Sources also tell me that theres a thread in Istanbul dissing Loveboat as well. My only demand is that I don't work on weekends.

Janet Street-Porter · Thu 29 Mar 2007, 6:45 pm

Pet Shop Girl wrote:Oh so there is no other band on the planet that you can't stand but Erasure. I know I have several bands I can't stand, not just one. I can name at least 5 that I would throw into the bargain bin. But this incident of what happened has nothing to do with Erasure. Why you insist on bringing them up all the time, I really do not know why! You need to get a grip. This was an incident that nearly happened to PSB and that was it. It does not make sense for you to put Erasure into this.

Too late, Vince Clarke is already involved.....

"Die, Pet Shop Boys!!!!!"

One of the crowd · Thu 29 Mar 2007, 7:06 pm

Janet Street-Porter wrote:
Pet Shop Girl wrote:Oh so there is no other band on the planet that you can't stand but Erasure. I know I have several bands I can't stand, not just one. I can name at least 5 that I would throw into the bargain bin. But this incident of what happened has nothing to do with Erasure. Why you insist on bringing them up all the time, I really do not know why! You need to get a grip. This was an incident that nearly happened to PSB and that was it. It does not make sense for you to put Erasure into this.
Too late, Vince Clarke is already involved.....

"Die, Pet Shop Boys!!!!!"

***pisses pants***!!