Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for November 01, 2014
Transcript:
verne: Behold, RJ, the crab nebula, the remains of a star that exploded in 1054! rj: It doesn't look like a crab. it looks like an exploded snack cake. rj; ...which means those aren't stars. those are giant twinkies! rj: they saw we're all made of star stuff. verne: some of us are more stuffed than others.
Observer fo Irony about 10 years ago
I wonder if the person who named it the Crab nebula was hungry too.
nosirrom about 10 years ago
Twinkie, Twinkie, little star. You make me drool from afar.If you fell to earth tonight, I would eat you in one bite.Twinkie, Twinkie, little star,. Better than a candy bar.
Armitage72 about 10 years ago
Technically, the star was only observed exploding in 1054. It actually exploded in approximately 5446 BC.Pedantic, I know.
inshadowz about 10 years ago
+1 for quoting Carl Sagan
kaploy9 about 10 years ago
Hmm, that Edison comic strip mentioned this recently too. Did something happen concerning the Crab Nebula?