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Wonder Why

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Sun May 4, 2025, 02:30 PM May 4

How to catch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet

That was the exact title of an AP story today.
https://apnews.com/article/eta-aquarid-meteor-shower-065b7c6df5b6a60c2e329d139570cd4c]

Then I thought about it.

Use a net?
One of those firefighter cushions for people jumping from upper floors?
A baseball glove?
donald trump's face?

On further thought, I wondered

Wouldn't the pieces be too hot?
What if the piece was the size of trump's stomach? Wouldn't it kill you once you realized that?
What if it was the size of the one that killed all the dinosaurs? Wouldn't your neighbors be angry that it ruined their lawns?

Then I even further thought and realized they meant "see" for catch. Now I know people "catch" a show on TV but one wouldn't mistake that use for catching vs seeing an object falling from above. Didn't the writer think about what they wrote?

Just "Wondering Why".

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