And they STILL don’t get it?

20 July 1969: The first manned moon landing.

25 years later: A comet crashes into Jupiter.

Another 15 years later, to the day: Another comet crashes into Jupiter.

Why do I get the distinct impression that this is First Contact, and clever beings in the Kuiper Belt are shaking their two-apiece heads in wonderment and saying, “Really?  They missed that?”

I have it on good authority that they will go back in time to insert geniuses to write the best music of a decade (something called “grunge music”), and insert a genius to write the best indie stage productions of a decade (something called “the best indie stage productions of a decade”), all on 20 July.  And when this still fails to impress us, they will send the rest of the Kuiper belt to hit our little planet.

I have it on good authority that they will feel sad about it, though.