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NASA Names Treadmill, Not Toilet, After Stephen Colbert

Posted April 15, 2009 8:58 AM

From Gizmodo:

After almost getting a toilet named after him, Stephen Colbert will be surprised to know that he's getting his name on a treadmill instead. Our surprise? NASA picked the EIGHTH most popular name instead. Really NASA? Really? We can see you not picking Serenity, even with its Firefly connotations, or Colbert, because it's Colbert, but picking something in the eighth slot in a poll?

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04/15/2009 2:03 PM

I'm outraged, the vote wasn't for the treadmill, it was for the entire capsule.
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04/15/2009 2:15 PM

Why even go to the trouble of taking the poll in the first place? They obviously are not interested in the results.

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04/16/2009 12:37 AM

damn i rather have a dump on colbert than have a run in him

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04/16/2009 10:43 AM

It should have been the toilet.
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