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phlegmmo		2013-01-03 07:22:33 PM

You get a bad case of asteroids.

SoothinglyDeranged		2013-01-03 07:54:49 PM

You'd have a high likelihood of sever injury or even death as would be expected when hit by a significant piece of debris traveling at extremely high velocity.

gopher321		2013-01-03 08:05:36 PM

Ask these guys:

Earguy		2013-01-03 08:09:51 PM

You'll die of natural causes.

'Cuz when you get hit by a large red-hot hunk of iron traveling near the speed of sound, naturally you die.

phlegmmo		2013-01-03 08:14:49 PM

It's definitely going to leave a mark.
seriouslyfacts.me

gopher321		2013-01-03 08:27:18 PM

gopher321: Ask these guys:

[mojoimage.com image 480x360]

Damn, I forgot Rick was hit by a satellite, not a meteorite.

n/m

ultraholland		2013-01-03 08:29:06 PM

it transfers superpowers to you?

Godscrack		2013-01-03 08:32:10 PM

You should get advice from a meteoleft.

Vodka Zombie		2013-01-03 08:33:44 PM

If you don't have your glove and try to catch it bare handed, it really stings like the dickens.

jaylectricity		2013-01-03 08:38:02 PM

If you survive, you haul it around town in a wagon, telling everybody it's a hunk of petrified airline sewage.

Mrbogey		2013-01-03 08:53:20 PM

The landlord was named Birdie Guy? Heh...

strangeguitar		2013-01-03 08:55:05 PM

It'll burn up in atmosphere and whatever's left will be no bigger than a Chihuahua's head.

Fano		2013-01-03 08:59:31 PM

Vodka Zombie: If you don't have your glove and try to catch it bare handed, it really stings like the dickens.

I read that in Jack Handy's voice

Fano		2013-01-03 09:02:19 PM

ultraholland: it transfers superpowers to you?

If you're a scientist, it does. However, if you're a lunkhead...

shanrick		2013-01-03 09:02:47 PM

davidphogan		2013-01-03 09:03:30 PM

You become a veggiorite?

KarmicDisaster		2013-01-03 09:07:40 PM

Better than getting hit by a meteorwrong.

utah dude		2013-01-03 09:08:18 PM

aren't most meteorites composed of a mix of nickel and iron? i'd kill for large chunks of metal like that.i should have chosen junkyard recycling technician as a career.

this country is ghey now.

Quantum Apostrophe		2013-01-03 09:16:18 PM

So, if you're a Space Nutter, why don't you reinforce your roof against this threat? If you won't do that, how can you convince the entire species to build your precious asteroid laser?

Karac		2013-01-03 09:17:54 PM

gopher321: gopher321: Ask these guys:

[mojoimage.com image 480x360]

Damn, I forgot Rick was hit by a satellite, not a meteorite.

n/m

Not a problem, ask this guy instead:
www.southbayriders.com

stratagos		2013-01-03 09:18:59 PM

You grow into a giant and get to fight aliens

Kanemano		2013-01-03 09:20:39 PM

You can start you new job as a Time traveling Mercenary?

texdent		2013-01-03 09:26:07 PM

Ask this guy

machoprogrammer		2013-01-03 09:38:15 PM

I am pretty sure you'd die instantly if it hit you directly.

Cuyose		2013-01-03 09:39:32 PM

Uh, they aren't traveling any faster than any other rock dropped from 500 ft or so, terminal velocity and all that. However a big one, then yeah, not so good.

Quantum Apostrophe		2013-01-03 09:56:43 PM

machoprogrammer: "I am pretty sure you'd die instantly if it hit you directly."

Well, people have been hit before, therefore you must reinforce your roof to protect your DNA.

almandot		2013-01-03 10:06:36 PM

it looks like a steak...

Boojum2k		2013-01-03 10:10:58 PM

Depends on the size of the meteorite, ranging from "ow" to becoming part of an expanding cloud of plasma.

NeverDrunk23		2013-01-03 10:15:31 PM

You get a bee to fly around you while fighting spiteful crows.

WordsnCollision		2013-01-03 10:18:39 PM

You decide it's time to trade in that crappy Chevy.

traylor		2013-01-03 10:29:42 PM

Earguy: You'll die of natural causes.

'Cuz when you get hit by a large red-hot hunk of iron traveling near the speed of sound, naturally you die.

Except that them hunks are more likely to be freezing cold.

mongbiohazard		2013-01-03 10:32:38 PM

The same thing that happens to everything else...

i75.photobucket.com

/OK, yeah, I'm a little ashamed of myself now.

kyleaugustus		2013-01-03 10:44:50 PM

ultraholland: it transfers ~~superpowers~~ energy to you?

etherknot		2013-01-03 11:17:02 PM

strangeguitar: It'll burn up in atmosphere

Aaahh! The atmosphere!

i.ytimg.com

/Aaaaaaah!

Useless Destruction of Exergy		2013-01-03 11:34:04 PM

You swear like a hungover stevedore because it hurts like a mad sonuvabiatch?

PetraeusWJ		2013-01-03 11:34:38 PM

Fano: Vodka Zombie: If you don't have your glove and try to catch it bare handed, it really stings like the dickens.

I read that in Jack Handy's voice

I read that in Harry Caray's voice.

Philbb		2013-01-03 11:39:18 PM

I've only ever heard of the Ann Hodges incident before. I thought it was the only verified occurrence.

Linkster		2013-01-04 12:21:04 AM

Godscrack: You should get advice from a meteoleft.

+1

Farty McPooPants		2013-01-04 12:27:36 AM

You call your Farmers agent.
/Oh yeah, they cover that.
www.fiz-ix.com

Don't Tongue the Reaper!		2013-01-04 02:38:21 AM

Oh wow.

andrewagill		2013-01-04 06:30:38 AM

Fano: Vodka Zombie: If you don't have your glove and try to catch it bare handed, it really stings like the dickens.

I read that in Jack Handy's voice

If you ever fall off the Sears Tower,
just go real limp,
because maybe you'll look like a dummy
and people will try to catch you because,
hey, free dummy.

abhorrent1		2013-01-04 07:16:34 AM

Next up: What happens if you get shot in the face with a Howitzer.

/What a stupid article.

dittybopper		2013-01-04 08:00:33 AM

Not be an expert or a scientician, my guess is that the effects would be dominated by the formula 1/2MV²

dittybopper		2013-01-04 08:05:47 AM

abhorrent1: Next up: What happens if you get shot in the face with a Howitzer.

I don't have a howitzer, but I *DO* have a black powder mortar with a 3" bore, which should be close enough for experimental purposes:

i46.tinypic.com

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf		2013-01-04 10:55:18 AM

FTA: The United States Air Force, concerned with the possibility that this could be secret Soviet surveillance equipment or spacecraft...

And that's as far as I got before I started laughing

StoPPeRmobile		2013-01-04 02:21:49 PM

dittybopper: abhorrent1: Next up: What happens if you get shot in the face with a Howitzer.

I don't have a howitzer, but I *DO* have a black powder mortar with a 3" bore, which should be close enough for experimental purposes:

[i46.tinypic.com image 640x480]

You need to take some more photos of that beast.
/meteor shiat!

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