When I was visiting my mother and her sister a few weeks ago, Mom was talking about the comet project and how it was kind of exciting that they really had no idea what would happen when the comet got hit. I responded "you mean there might be aliens inside who get very very angry".

Sadly, Mom wasn't sure I was joking.

The insurgency is in its last throes.

(eta: Just think how brilliant you would have looked if there were angry aliens, Perkins)

Yes, but the important thing is that we've completely eliminated terrorism and that country is now a model of middle eastern democracy.

Not to mention destroying all the weapons of mass destruction they were threatening the world with.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

They say that all the time. I don't think it means what they think it means.

Just think how brilliant you would have looked if there were angry aliens, Perkins

There still might be! They're currently marshalling their forces for a retaliatory attack.

I responded "you mean there might be aliens inside who get very very angry".

Well, I laughed.

Well, I laughed

So did my uncle. Mom, not so much. Between that and the long discussions my aunt and I had on Sandman Comics and lesbian singers, I think mom ended up a little freaked out.

Oh! Oh! Next time ask her what happens when the planet x or sedna is in your astrological chart! I'll bet she goes crosseyed.

edit: if she baits as easily as my father does on this topic. Woo, it can be fun.

Eep!

If I were an alien living inside a comet that had just been attacked without provocation, what would I do to retaliate?

More importantly, how could I be appeased?