A recent story from the AP (note that the link will probably change soon, but you can probably find it elsewhere) begins:
A section of a Chinese scientific satellite that was returning from orbit crashed into an apartment building, wrecking the top floor but causing no injuries, a newspaper said Sunday
The part I like is a quote by one of the inhabitants of the apartment building:
"The satellite landed in our home. Maybe this means we'll have good luck this year," the tenant of the wrecked apartment, Huo Jiyu, was quoted as saying.
I don't quite follow the logic here. A satellite landed in the wrong place and demolished your house. So that means you'll have good luck? Does this idea come from the It-can't-get-worse line of reasoning?
Posted by Tom Nugent at October 18, 2004 08:13 PMIn America the quote would be more like:
"My client has nothing to say until we speak to the lawyers and accountants from NASA."
(of course, the lawsuit gets dropped when they find uot how poor NASA is)
Posted by: Tom at October 19, 2004 03:57 PM