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(Washington Post) Followup That 20 million year old beast slumbering in the lake under the Antarctic? Still slumbering. For now   (washingtonpost.com) divider line 98
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moops
2012-02-06 03:19:06 PM
It hungers!

img339.imageshack.us
 
degenerate-afro
2012-02-06 03:21:11 PM
It took 20 years of constant drilling to penetrate through 2 miles of ice?
I'll have to keep that in mind the next time I see my GF.
 
SlothB77 [TotalFark]
2012-02-06 03:22:45 PM
degenerate-afro: It took 20 years of constant drilling to penetrate through 2 miles of ice?
I'll have to keep that in mind the next time I see my GF.

they only drilled during the short warm summer period.
 
Abe Vigoda's Ghost
2012-02-06 03:23:36 PM
degenerate-afro: It took 20 years of constant drilling to penetrate through 2 miles of ice?
I'll have to keep that in mind the next time I see my GF.

Only took me 2 minutes with her. Get her liqueur-ed up, she likes that.
 
NobleHam
2012-02-06 03:23:39 PM
So it would have you think. In reality, it has assimilated the Russians.
 
ronaprhys
2012-02-06 03:24:02 PM
SlothB77: degenerate-afro: It took 20 years of constant drilling to penetrate through 2 miles of ice?
I'll have to keep that in mind the next time I see my GF.

they only drilled during the short warm summer period.

That sounds sweaty and messy. Remember to put a towel down or have darker sheets.
 
cgraves67
2012-02-06 03:24:43 PM
I'm guessing the team made contact with the outside world after all. The last I had seen (last week), no one had heard from these guys in 5 days.
 
groppet
2012-02-06 03:25:07 PM
Are you sure its not the Stuff?
 
Loucifer
2012-02-06 03:27:51 PM
Oh. hai guys!

www.otherlandtoys.co.uk
 
offmymeds
2012-02-06 03:28:04 PM
But when the stars are right...
 
Lord Dimwit [TotalFark]
2012-02-06 03:28:25 PM
groppet: Are you sure its not the Stuff?

Dear lord that movie was horrible. I mean, I know it was supposed to be, but...wow.
 
give me doughnuts [TotalFark]
2012-02-06 03:28:39 PM
groppet: Are you sure its not the Stuff?

Yummy, yummy Stuff!
 
fireclown
2012-02-06 03:29:36 PM
So the Russian team finally made contact?
 
Maul555
2012-02-06 03:29:45 PM
I tried to submit this with a better headline, and mine included the ever-present possibility of a zombie apocalypse!
 
numbone
2012-02-06 03:31:45 PM
degenerate-afro


It took 20 years of constant drilling to penetrate through 2 miles of ice?
I'll have to keep that in mind the next time I see my GF.

It's not the speed of the drill but the size of the bit.
 
leonel
2012-02-06 03:32:18 PM
This would make a great John Carpenter movie!
 
gisdood
2012-02-06 03:32:32 PM
"I know you all have been through a lot but when you find the time I'd rather not spend the rest of winter TIED TO THIS FARKING COUCH!!!!"
 
betelgeux
2012-02-06 03:33:21 PM
Mustakrakish's cousin from the deep south?
 
evilmrsock
2012-02-06 03:35:01 PM
Lord Dimwit: groppet: Are you sure its not the Stuff?

Dear lord that movie was horrible. I mean, I know it was supposed to be, but...wow.

Cool it, Jack! Chocolate Chip Charlie is about to be ALL up in yo stuff!

That movie was super-fun. I'm sorry. It just was.
 
give me doughnuts [TotalFark]
2012-02-06 03:35:02 PM
FTA: The Russian effort has created great scientific excitement about potentially learning some of the long-held secrets of the largest sub-glacial lake in Antarctica, a body of water HORROR AND MADNESS that wasn't discovered until the mid-1990s and that is the world's third-largest lake SEETHING MASS OF SHOGGOTHS by volume.

Fixed
 
groppet
2012-02-06 03:35:56 PM
Lord Dimwit: groppet: Are you sure its not the Stuff?

Dear lord that movie was horrible. I mean, I know it was supposed to be, but...wow.

But remember it was awful in a true 1980s fashion.
 
give me doughnuts [TotalFark]
2012-02-06 03:39:45 PM
evilmrsock: Lord Dimwit: groppet: Are you sure its not the Stuff?

Dear lord that movie was horrible. I mean, I know it was supposed to be, but...wow.

Cool it, Jack! Chocolate Chip Charlie is about to be ALL up in yo stuff!

That movie was super-fun. I'm sorry. It just was.

His hands are registered with the New Jersey State Police as lethal weapons.
 
cgraves67
2012-02-06 03:40:20 PM
The unwaking, unstirring ancient emnity,
they peer into unfettered madness gleam
and stumble back to the embrace of humanity,
prepared to unleash its long-waiting dream.
 
KangTheMad
2012-02-06 03:40:22 PM
It will stay asleep until some scientist falls into the hole and his blood wakens the beast.
 
Philip J. Fry
2012-02-06 03:41:51 PM
Scientists trained to be drillers took 20 years?
Drillers trained to be scientists would have finished the job in an afternoon.

i.imgur.com
 
blackminded
2012-02-06 03:48:33 PM
groppet: Are you sure its not the Stuff?

That movie farking terrified 10-year old me.
 
kiehlster
2012-02-06 03:48:33 PM
fireclown: So the Russian team finally made contact?

Funny how the US team was hardly mentioned as being involved in the process. I bet those Russians snuck out just before the pot of coffee started brewing so they could brag about their drilling to their news media friends.
 
malcy [TotalFark]
2012-02-06 03:51:24 PM
I don't know whether the Daily Mail in the UK is having a laugh but they are saying the Nazi's may have got there first...

I shiat you not...

Link (new window)
 
groppet
2012-02-06 03:53:15 PM
blackminded: groppet: Are you sure its not the Stuff?

That movie farking terrified 10-year old me.

Me too but not as much as Night of the creeps, that gave me a serious mindfark.
 
poteet
2012-02-06 03:54:53 PM
The thread on this story last week was amazing. Pure gold!
 
Katolu
2012-02-06 03:57:12 PM
Wait until they bottle it, it'll make VOS and other designer waters sad.
 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark]
2012-02-06 03:58:39 PM
NobleHam: So it would have you think. In reality, it has assimilated the Russians.

That explains Putin.
 
PsyLord
2012-02-06 03:58:59 PM
degenerate-afro: It took 20 years of constant drilling to penetrate through 2 miles of ice?
I'll have to keep that in mind the next time I see my GF.

They need one of these:

dianabotsford.com
 
brigid_fitch [TotalFark]
2012-02-06 03:59:02 PM
i12.photobucket.com
 
Papaw [TotalFark]
2012-02-06 04:00:15 PM
malcy: I don't know whether the Daily Mail in the UK is having a laugh but they are saying the Nazi's may have got there first...

I shiat you not...

THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS!!!!!
 
kindasketchy
2012-02-06 04:00:23 PM
Why do I get the feeling that the first water brought up will be bottled and sold for $1,000,000 a liter to Russian billionaires?
 
talkertopc
2012-02-06 04:02:02 PM
malcy: I don't know whether the Daily Mail in the UK is having a laugh but they are saying the Nazi's may have got there first...

I shiat you not...

Link (new window)

Nazis from underneath Antarctic could be the plot for an Iron Sky sequel.
 
PsyLord
2012-02-06 04:05:21 PM
Katolu: Wait until they bottle it, it'll make VOS and other designer waters sad.

img2-3.timeinc.net
That's some high quality H2O.
 
KangTheMad
2012-02-06 04:12:40 PM
talkertopc: malcy: I don't know whether the Daily Mail in the UK is having a laugh but they are saying the Nazi's may have got there first...

I shiat you not...

Link (new window)

Nazis from underneath Antarctic could be the plot for an Iron Sky sequel.

Iron Ice?
 
Nina9
2012-02-06 04:17:52 PM
malcy: I don't know whether the Daily Mail in the UK is having a laugh but they are saying the Nazi's may have got there first...

I shiat you not...

Link (new window)

FTA: Could the Russian 'station' near Lake Vostok contain the remains of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun?

No.
 
degenerate-afro
2012-02-06 04:18:29 PM
poteet: The thread on this story last week was amazing. Pure gold!

The thread last week was about them "almost" getting through the ice. This one is a follow up to state that they finally made it through.
 
KangTheMad
2012-02-06 04:23:24 PM
degenerate-afro: poteet: The thread on this story last week was amazing. Pure gold!

The thread last week was about them "almost" getting through the ice. This one is a follow up to state that they finally made it through.

clearly you dnrtfa
 
cthulhu
2012-02-06 04:25:14 PM
cgraves67: The unwaking, unstirring ancient emnity,
they peer into unfettered madness gleam
and stumble back to the embrace of humanity,
prepared to unleash its long-waiting dream.

You rang?
 
maxheck
2012-02-06 04:25:28 PM
kindasketchy:

Why do I get the feeling that the first water brought up will be bottled and sold for $1,000,000 a liter to Russian billionaires?

Somehow I think that any water that hasn't had aeration in a few eons might be just a tad bit skunky.

Not that that would stop anyone, mind you...

The heck with the Nazis, The spooks are already there anyway.
 
MasterThief [TotalFark]
2012-02-06 04:29:02 PM
The Thing! (The Musical!) (new window)

/obligatory post
 
ishldgetoutmore
2012-02-06 04:30:22 PM
kindasketchy: Why do I get the feeling that the first water brought up will be bottled and sold for $1,000,000 a liter to Russian billionaires?

Who? This guy?
www.robotvsbadger.com
 
tankjr
2012-02-06 04:35:35 PM
groppet: blackminded: groppet: Are you sure its not the Stuff?

That movie farking terrified 10-year old me.

Me too but not as much as Night of the creeps, that gave me a serious mindfark.

Agreed. I went back and watched it recently and it turns out it's actually hilarious.

/Thrill me
 
degenerate-afro
2012-02-06 04:38:46 PM
KangTheMad: degenerate-afro: poteet: The thread on this story last week was amazing. Pure gold!

The thread last week was about them "almost" getting through the ice. This one is a follow up to state that they finally made it through.

clearly you dnrtfa

FTFA:
"Yesterday, our scientists stopped drilling at the depth of 3,768 meters and reached the surface of the subglacial lake," the source was quoted as saying. The news agency described the source as saying the team had "finally managed to pierce" the ice sheet into Vostok.

Managed to pierce through to the surface of the subglacial lake sounds like they made it to me. Please explain my misunderstanding using small words if possible.
 
sparkeyjames
2012-02-06 04:40:08 PM
offmymeds: But when the stars are right...

The headline is the perfect setup for a Cthulhu thread and it takes 10 posts for someone
to make a reference. Good going Offmymeds.
 
betelgeux
2012-02-06 04:41:14 PM
tankjr: groppet: blackminded: groppet: Are you sure its not the Stuff?

That movie farking terrified 10-year old me.

Me too but not as much as Night of the creeps, that gave me a serious mindfark.

Agreed. I went back and watched it recently and it turns out it's actually hilarious.

/Thrill me

I liked Night of the Creeps immensely. Most of all the Eddie of Iron Maiden axe-murderer coming through the floor of the old lady's floor. I have to ask, what's the other movie being discussed here?
 
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