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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    01/14/09

    In reply to Another Stonehenge Discovered Under Lake Michigan?
    They have it all wrong. Mastadon isn't rock, it's METAL!!!!!11
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    01/14/09

    In reply to Another Stonehenge Discovered Under Lake Michigan?
    When the lake bed was dry? When exactly would that have been? As I recall, the Great Lakes were supposed to have been carved into the ground by glaciers. The only way all that ice would have been emptied out of the lake beds was when it melted...at which point it should have _become_ the lake (remember, when a glacier "retreats", it's not actually flowing back the way it came, but rather the leading edge is either melting or sublimating). And anything that was standing prior to the glacial carving would certainly no longer be arranged the way they had originally been erected before thousnads of tons of ice flowed through and carved huge canyons in the ground.


    Now, since glaciers aren't _just_ ice, I'd say it's safe to say that there were probably a bunch of gigantic boulders caught up in the ice flow, which would have gone straight to the lake bed when the glacier melted. It's possible that a boulder that took this ride could have had carvings on it before it joined the glacier, but any carvings should have been obliterated by the glacial ice flow.


    So, the reason this was announced to little fanfare was because it is completely illogical to believe that a true stonehenge-like arrangement of stones would have survived to end up on the lake bed. It also wouldn't make a lot of sense that people with no interaction with the druids would have erected something that appears to have been unique to their culture.

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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    01/13/09

    In reply to Another Stonehenge Discovered Under Lake Michigan?
    Bunch of boulders sorta in a line. Yep, glaciers.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    01/13/09

    @Grey_Area: Psychic Mayan glaciers...from space!!!
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    Image of termitehead termitehead
    01/13/09

    In reply to Another Stonehenge Discovered Under Lake Michigan?
    Ry'leh?
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    Image of Ed Grabianowski Ed Grabianowski
    01/13/09

    @termitehead: For a second, I considered photoshopping the ORLY? Owl into a Cthulhu Owl saying "ORY'LEH?" but I don't have time. So just imagine it.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    01/13/09

    In reply to Another Stonehenge Discovered Under Lake Michigan?
    and i thought the lake was only good for dirty water and e. coli poisoning! FUCKIN' A! i live a few miles from lake michigan...
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    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    01/13/09

    In reply to Another Stonehenge Discovered Under Lake Michigan?
    drain the lake
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    01/13/09

    @evildead1971: Seems like the most reasonable course of action.
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    Image of NickIQ NickIQ
    01/13/09

    @evildead1971:


    Ha ha ha ha ha ha, drain the great lakes? Yes, Let's try.

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    01/13/09

    @evildead1971: And since it's the only lake that doesn't border Canada, we can do it without fear of the dreaded and inevitable mass migration.
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    Image of All_Thumbs All_Thumbs
    01/13/09

    @NickIQ: Not as hard as you'd imagine. The Army corp of engineers has through the use of the locks system lowered the level of the lakes as much as 10 feet in previous years.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    01/13/09

    @All_Thumbs: Bring on Army Corps of Engineers Adventures: Stonehenge, MI Edition!
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    Image of Shamoononon:  I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    01/13/09

    In reply to Another Stonehenge Discovered Under Lake Michigan?
    Honestly, I clicked on all the links and stared at the pictures, it looks like a bunch of randomness to me.


    *shrugs*


    I don't see anything special about it. Somebody on one of the sites mentioned something about it being a calendar, but I don't buy it.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    01/13/09

    @Shamoononon: Same here. Seemed like people finding patterns where there aren't any, like shapes in the clouds.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    01/13/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: There are patterns in the clouds.


    Please find another analogy.


    *Turns back to clouds for further instruction.*

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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    01/13/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: "ANSWER HAZY ASK AGAIN LATER"
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    01/13/09

    @Grey_Area: "MY STRATUS SAY NO."
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    Image of Dormouse: Corporate Tool Dormouse: Corporate Tool
    01/13/09

    In reply to Another Stonehenge Discovered Under Lake Michigan?
    So...does this mean my state is cool now?
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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    01/13/09

    @Dormouse is a Contrarian: hey hey hey. Lake Michigan borders more than one state, bub. i forsee Mayor Daley laying claim to this to pump up Chicago's prospects for the 2016 Olympics.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    01/13/09

    @geekgrrl: I hate to break the news, but the answer is no regardless.
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    Image of Moff Moff
    01/13/09

    @Dormouse is a Contrarian: Lemme see...


    Has more than a year passed since you joined Florida in nearly fucking up a presidential election? Has the auto industry acknowledged the sort of undeniable ubiquity of the 21st century yet? Are Kid Rock and the Nuge dead yet?

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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    01/13/09

    @Moff: your one of those people who thinks people should be responsible for your actions aren't you?
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    Image of Moff Moff
    01/13/09

    @ldevitt: No, I'm one of those people who makes jokes about Michigan, among other states. (Nothing personal, Dormouse! I know many lovely Michiganders and have always enjoyed my time in your homeland!) Anyway, why?
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    01/13/09

    @Moff: That should be "their actions" not "your actions". sarcasm works so much better when I'm not a dunce.
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    Image of Moff Moff
    01/13/09

    @ldevitt: Oh! I thought maybe you were a big Ted Nugent fan accusing me of being commie pinko scum. Which would have been fine, except for the Ted Nugent-fandom part.
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