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They can\u2019t go outside; they would be noticed. \u00a0That\u2019s why they spend so much time commenting on message boards about me. \u00a0Sheer ET boredom.<\/p>\n
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Don\u2019t they have anything else to do? \u00a0Like sucking up our planet\u2019s water or taking possession of terrestrial humanoid bodies or creating giant grasshoppers?<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 I\u2019m guessing that this is where some of my most obsessive critics come from: \u00a0 http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/science\/second-earth-discovery-nasa-esa-space-solar-system-scientists-a7192341.html \u00a0 They can\u2019t go outside; they would be noticed. \u00a0That\u2019s why they spend so much time commenting on message boards about me. \u00a0Sheer ET boredom. \u00a0 Don\u2019t they have anything else to do? \u00a0Like sucking up our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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