I was just re-reading the introduction in my Audubon Society's Field Guide to the Night Sky, and it basically says that we're the poop of the Universe. Ok, well, they don't exactly put it in those terms, but I find it makes me laugh when I look at it this way...and I like laughing. Here's their real quote from the introduction...

"Most of the material in the Universe is hydrogen gas; much of the remainder is helium gas, while only a minute portion takes the form of elements heavier than helium. Thus, the material out of which we and all other objects in the Universe are made (carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and so on) is literally cosmic debris."

Kind of makes you want to come to the Dark Side, doesn't it...at least we're not full of s*** over here! LOL

...And...Frank Zappa wrote a song about it...go Frank Go!.... : )

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