[omegaman]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16756450

The asteroid, estimated to be about 11m (36ft) in diameter, was first detected on Wednesday.

At its closest, the space rock - named 2012 BX34 - passed within about 60,000km of Earth - less than a fifth of the distance to the Moon.

There seems to be a lot of this happening…

[Captain Tom Coughlin]

I'm starting to feel like the eight ball, staring down the corner pocket!

[omegaman]

Originally Posted by Captain Tom Coughlin

I'm starting to feel like the eight ball, staring down the corner pocket!

Not wrong… and they only has a couple of days notice!

[Captain Tom Coughlin]

Maybe that's better. If I'm going to get snuffed out by an asteroid I think I'd rather not know it's coming. What's the point in obsessing over the fact that you're going to die going to do for you?

[omegaman]

Probably to cause you to have a heart attack and die a day earlier than necessary.

[Captain Tom Coughlin]

Yep. I'd rather be like "Hey, what's that in the................."

[horatio]

Near miss? It's a near hit!

[kevin]

Ach, it missed anyway.