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Higgs boson: Top 10 God Particle jokes

Did you ever hear the one about a priest, a rabbi and the God Particle...? Physicists have found a new sub-atomic particle in their search for the Higgs boson. So, naturally, Twitter perked up with plenty of jokes about the big discovery. Here are our picks for the Top 10 funny comments.

  1. Higgs boson: Physicists find particle 'consistent' with 'God particle'
    GENEVA-To cheers and standing ovations, scientists at the world's biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle ...
    Thestar
  2. The Higgs boson is pictured below in a representation:
  3. Thestar
    ·
    Wed, Jul 04 2012 00:51:27
  4. 10.
  5. Aiannucci
    Armando Iannucci@Aiannucci
    When I was younger, I sold our cow for three Higgs-Bosons. Wish I'd kept them now.
    Wed, Jul 04 2012 01:28:06
  6. 9.
  7. Higgs boson is the God particle, so Comic Sans is the God font: http://pic.twitter.com/cvvZNhzl #Cern #Higgs
    Esa Mäkinen@EsaMakinen
    ·
    Wed, Jul 04 2012 01:18:23
  8. 8.
  9. JhonenV
    Jhonen Vasquez@JhonenV
    MY god particle was always the square, 4-pegged Lego brick.
    Mon, Jul 02 2012 13:46:11
  10. 7.
  11. tomscott
    Tom Scott@tomscott
    At the end of the #higgs announcement, one of the CERN team will pause, nonchalantly say "oh, one more thing", then calmly teleport away.
    Wed, Jul 04 2012 01:11:32
  12. 6.
  13. GerryDuggan
    Gerry Duggan@GerryDuggan
    "That's all the time we have for the God Particle, right now let's meet your new hot dog eating champion!" -- American News
    Wed, Jul 04 2012 02:02:23
  14. 5.
  15. mjrobbins
    Martin Robbins@mjrobbins
    A Higgs Boson walks into a bar and asks everyone to take part in an act of penitence. "What are you doing?" asks the barman. "Giving mass."
    Wed, Jul 04 2012 01:37:19
  16. 4.
  17. wildweekend
    Wild Weekend@wildweekend
    Better double check. I thought I discovered a Higgs boson under my couch last year but turned out to be an old marble @guardian #Higgsjokes
    Wed, Jul 04 2012 06:09:37
  18. 3.
  19. CERN release microscopic image of The God particle. It's...Oh Jesus.... SWEET MOTHER OF JESUS. NO. twitpic.com/a3pr9u
    October Jones@OctoberJones
    ·
    Wed, Jul 04 2012 01:31:55
  20. 2.
  21. GrrlScientist
    GrrlScientist@GrrlScientist
    now that we've found #higgs boson, we can focus our search on where's waldo.
    Wed, Jul 04 2012 01:38:49
  22. Where's Waldo Now™
    APPCRAZI
    ·
    Thu, May 10 2012 17:00:00
  23. Where's Waldo
    kristinspostcards
    ·
    Sat, May 12 2012 17:00:00
  24. 1.
  25. NPsteve
    Steve Murray@NPsteve
    "Are You There God Particle? It's Me, Average Person That Doesn't Understand You"
    Wed, Jul 04 2012 08:23:09

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