Quote from: Balthazar on December 28, 2019, 08:10:23 AM

Explanation of joke usually ruins it.

Yeah, I didn't want to do it, but at the same time I don't want to start a debate where I am pretending I believe something, and then arguing against people who I actually agree with. What kind of lunatic would do that?

Quote from: Spendulus on December 29, 2019, 01:52:44 AM

I'm surprised at the low number (635,000). There are billions of craters > 7-10 meters in diameter on the Moon. Guess the presence of a slight atmosphere makes a big difference.

Yes probably, I suppose you'd expect the atmosphere to burn up some of the smaller stuff. I think the 635k was a count of current craters rather than an estimate of all impacts - Mars does have vulcanism, so lava has likely covered over a lot of old craters. Plus also when a meteor hits milk chocolate, the chocolate tends to melt and then reform, so likely there are plenty of meteors buried within Mars's delicious interior.

The real question for me is why does the UK Mars look very similar to the US Milky Way? And why is the UK Milky Way called 'Three Musketeers' in the US? And why does the UK not have Three Musketeers? I'll tell you why: because in the UK, a chocolate bar cannot be a swashbuckling epic of chivalry, honor, and derring-do, set in France during the 1620s, richly populated with romantic heroes, unattainable heroines, kings, queens, cavaliers, and criminals in a whirl of adventure, espionage, conspiracy, murder, vengeance, love, scandal, and suspense - that's why.

Sorry, veering off-topic a bit.

_{Edit: Wow, I've just got promoted to Senior whilst writing that. I must be doing something right. Guess I'll continue posting in a similar vein to the above. Apologies in advance :p}