The single greatest proof that there are absolutely no other alien civilisations in the universe is that NASA haven't stumbled across any of their trash bags yet. Forget UFOs, our first encounter with the Martians would undoubtedly be their spent cigarrette butts, empty beer bottles and used condoms.
But there aren't any. And no discarded inter-galactic garbage means no aliens. End of story.
What? You think the Martians are all ultra smart, silver toga-wearing space saints who live in an incredibly advanced society that serenely recycles all its waste? You've been reading too much science fiction, matey. They would be disgusting slobs, just like us.
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They're ultra smart - they teleport their waste to London streets. (And we send it to China on recycling barges!)
Posted by: Shebah | August 08, 2007 at 12:02
Perhaps that's exactly what the Martians did; dumped all their shit and stuff on the backyard called Earth, and voila - out of the debris spawned some sort of grotesque life form that inhabits it to this day...
Posted by: rannva | August 08, 2007 at 20:09
Shebah: Typical aliens, eh, making work for others!
Rannva: You may be right, I think I may be descended from an old packet of crisps.
Posted by: stephenesque | August 10, 2007 at 08:50
No-one could possibly locate this garbage unless they get a government grant to look for it.
Posted by: miriam | August 16, 2007 at 14:44