Lawnmower triggers false Northern Lights alert

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/08/25/lawnmower-triggers-false-north.html

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Of course I didn’t mow in there, you moron! Everyone knows you need to use a trimmer around those signs.

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Gas? It’s electric. I have to drag the cord around. Thinking about it, I might have left the extension cord wrapped around that, what was it, a magnetumometer?

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Things like this make me love science all the more.

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Bingo. I love the edge cases that make it clear that “science” is not a monolithic mountain of pure correctness.

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I misread it as a lawnmower which triggered the northern lights, which would make it the best lawnmower ever.

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Oops, forgot to put the grass catcher on. Oh, you thought the flying grass was an aurora? Like, man, what are you on???

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“It’s time we moved you on to some other activities.”

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Came for the Lawnmowerman reference; leaving satisfied.

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Yes

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