For about three-quarters of a century, we (Earthlings) have beamed our television broadcasts to the cosmos. If you've read the hugely enjoyable Contact, or seen the suprisingly good movie based thereon, you know what I'm talking about.
However, despite our best efforts, the tourism board of Planet Earth has failed miserably in its efforts to attract visitors from other worlds, despite the non-stop streaming of advertising that our planet and its inhabitants are truly wacky.
Evidently, Maxim magazine has decided the best way to lure the marks into the tent is by making them come a little closer, and rewarding their courage with a nice static image.
If you have Google Earth installed on your machine, check this out. (Clicking on the link should launch Google Earth and eventually zoom in on the object, um, desired. (Oh, wait. I'm not saying she's an object.))
No word yet on whether the Bush Administration is concerned about the message that this poster sends to the rest of the universe -- I mean, the babe in question does go out with a French guy.
(TheSuperficial.com, a gold mine of pure snark, has the story.)
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