Why aliens are not visiting:

We took a bongo from the scene
And we went to Theed to see the Queen
We all wound up on Tatooine
That's where... we found... this boy

The model railroaders were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think whether or not they should.

If it was Sunday night back in the 80s 90s there was always some special miniseries on, the perfect distraction to not doing homework never started all weekend. And only Ted Danson can get away with peeing on people and call it family entertainment. This film adapation inspired me to read the book (I never got passed chapter 1).

EVERYBODY: (talking UFO's)
KEVIN MCALSITER'S NEIGHBOR: (interrupting) ".... I SAW BIGFOOT ONCE! 😃"

Boxcar is 60' long. 1/3 is blocking the switch. Another train is coming. How far do you have to move the boxcar so the other train doesn't smash it? There are THOUSANDS of lives at stake.

*****ACTUALLY***** That boxcar in question is NOT 60', it's a 40' model in 1:87 scale, but who pays attention to detail? Boxcar lengths, equipment dragging, vinyl chloride, potaytoe pahtahtoe.

A reminder of what the EPA is capable of. Rewind back to August 2015.
https://www.popsci.com/secret-history-epas-animas-river-spill/