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The Chronite Invasion

Well, I thought it was going to be a normal break. Boy was I wrong! I didn't realize that the Chronites were approaching Earth, at my location! So there I was watching a movie, eating lunch and petting my dog, Tank. That's when the power went out. No worries, I thought to myself, I should read. There's still enough daylight. Then the sun seemed to go out; everything got darker and took on a sepia shade. Okay, I thought to myself, no reading. My friend wanted me to call him I'll do that. When I reached my phone, however, the batteries were dead, which was strange because I could have sworn that they were fully charged this morning, and I hadn't used it since...

That's when they finally showed up. Humanoid figures in the sort of sci-fi suits you would find in an awesome game or movie, like Halo. The suits' plating was dark gray with a sort of sepia tone to it, even without the sepia filter over everything. Their visors were solid black, and I couldn't see their faces. They carried blasters of a sort I'de never seen before. Pipes and wires seemed to strangle them, like ivy with no leaves. Vein-like things were carved along the sides. One of the things like humans turned its head to me. "We are Chronites," it announced, "we have come to speak with any leader of this planet."
"Well, why did you come here," I asked, "I'm no leader."
"We came to ask directions. We understand that the UN is the world government now."
"Yes, but I have no idea where to find them."
"Very well then. MEN! Fall back, this one can't help us."

Then they left. Weirdest break ever.

The Secret Message

I must ask you not to post any comments for this post. If you truly must, don't tell anybody how to discover the truth of this message. Actually I would like you to post. Something simple. I want to see how many people will figure this out. Okay, now that I've got that out of the way:

Congratulations on discovering the secret to my hidden message! Whatever technique you used, it obviously worked. May I just comment on the resourcefulness you have just displayed? Well, I will, no matter what you say: Genius. And if you figured it out very easily, then you know how easy it really is. Well, I can't think of anything else to write, so, please remember to follow the guidelines above, and have a nice day! :)

Doomise The Fall of JC lind, question answerererer extrordinaire!

Okay, JC, top this one!


You are driving a freight train carrying large amounts of a very valuable, yet highly volatile substance. Your train is traveling at an even 80 miles an hour for a 160 mile trip. Something goes wrong. The brakes are damaged and only slow the train slowly. If the speed traveling decreases at a rate of 1 mph per minute, you need to know how far away you should stop, so that you reach your destination, but don't over shoot it. So, what is the conducter's name?

The Ultimate Question o' Doom

Okay, I've been waiting waaay too long to post another question of monday, and even though nobody seems to use their blogs anymore except me and JC, and JC got kicked out, I'm going to post a new question. The question is this:


If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

I know that question is all over the place but you never really hear an answer.

Leadership

I would wonder what sort of leader you would want? An effective but unethical one, or an ethical but uneffective one?

And with world leadership, would like a council of like 25 people be better for world government than one man?