Mean Scientists Dash Hopes of Life on Mars

http://www.theonion.com/onion3913/mean_scientists.html

I thought this line was particularly relevant to some of the discussions here:

"There's a world of possibilities here. These scientists should depend less on cold, hard data and more on their imaginations. They'd probably be a lot less cranky."

 

Last term a physicist friend of mine did an oral presentation on trying to prove that Santa was not actually impossible, using wormholes, extra-dimensions and quantum mechanics!

I love the Onion