This is something I'd expect from tabloid news.

So it's a baguette, so what? If you have something so damn big and sophisticated an ant could break it if it's in the right place.

What a waste of a baguette.

Ha, mind expanding theoretical physics foiled by tasty french baked goods. I was thinking would bird crap have the same effect?

From the article:

a bit of baguette on the busbars

Those people are poetical reporters, sneaking in a beautiful alliteration like that.

My first thought when I read this in the paper.
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Second thought was 'The scientist from the future idea is good in theory, but if they are trying to stop the Earth from being destroyed, isn't that some proof that it won't kill us all?'

Crazy scientists and crazy machine.
It's like a 360. Brakes down more often then is natural.
And I am a 360 owner before anyone asks.

Those wacky French, always spoiling everybody's fun. Tasty baked foods, though.

Fuck It, Drive On. What's the worst that can happen?

A Baguette sent from the future to save us from ourselves?

Best B-movie plot EVAR?

APPCRASH:
Fuck It, Drive On. What's the worst that can happen?

Being sent into the the bread dimension.

Sure hope it doesn't get red ringed......

What, you all know you were thinking it!

I just have to ask the question on why there are any exposed locations on something this damn important! Why isn't there some shielding in place to prevent, oh I don't know, local wild life dropping bits of crap into the machinery?

Sacre bleu! This made me laugh.

Hey don't take baguettes lightly, just ask Dr. Fluke Hawkins and his atomic toaster.

Imperial Officer: "We've analyzed their attack, sir, and there is a danger. Should I have your ship standing by?"

Grand Moff Tarkin: "Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances!"

Jinx_Dragon:
I just have to ask the question on why there are any exposed locations on something this damn important! Why isn't there some shielding in place to prevent, oh I don't know, local wild life dropping bits of crap into the machinery?

My thoughts exactly...

...I guess they were worried about going overbudget. I mean, some would think you can't spend enough money on a device of this much importance...but whatever...

... and why would a bird be in the plant? It's poop alone would cause more problems than it's habit of dropping bread anywhere.

I wasn't aware that the French were remotely interested in science, and now they use their bread to mess with a black hole machine... They really do pick their timing.

And to think that some alternative universe could have been destroyed by French pastry.

There's the makings of a Sci-Fi Channel movie in there somewhere, I think.

This is really quite interesting, so this thing (which is suposed to pucnch a hole in space time acording to some people) is open to the air?

Their just lucky some bird didn't take a shit on it, we might have to fight off the combine if that were to happen.

What would happen if it was a piece of a cupcake?
Really.
That would be much more interesting.
I hereby propose we try to put different types of pastries on sensitive exposed scientific things to see what wonderful things may occur.

Hoh hoh hoh,le Baguette,oui!

No,seriously. It's strange,but kinda stupid.

This situation seems a bit embarrassing for CERN, but Lamont is not concerned. He says: "This thing is so complicated and so big, it's bound to have problems sometimes."

That's a great excuse. He should keep that one for future use.

A bird dropping a piece of bread? Give me a break. What the report won't tell you is that there was also a spot of Mountain Dew, a fragment of Cheetos and a twenty-sided die.

Damn, if they hadn't found it, something might have happened similar to the Black Mesa Incident.
Isn't there a way to make it so it isn't put out of commission by a loaf of bread?

So you spent billions on this and couldn't fork out the extra 2 bucks for a tarp? Really? And lets not overlook the fact that if a bird dropped it this machinery must be exposed to the elements in the first place. It can survive dirt, dust, rain, sleet and snow but not a random bird with bread.

I'm so gonna tell my half french friend about this outrage. And blame him. Personally.

oppp7:
Damn, if they hadn't found it, something might have happened similar to the Black Mesa Incident.
Isn't there a way to make it so it isn't put out of commission by a loaf of bread?

Wait? You're saying you'd want for aliens to pop up all over Cern, and then, afterwards, a gigantic alien invasion force to emerge through the portal to enslave humanity?

I don't know what to laugh at in this thread. Do I laugh at the fact that a multi-billion dollar machine was shut down because of a piece of bread, or do I laugh at the fact that builders of said multi-billion dollar machine didn't spring for a $5 dollar tarp or plastic covering for exposed parts that could potentially lead to catastrophic failure and desctruction of their machine.

That is just hilarious. I'm waiting for it to be dropped into the machine, the machine starts working and we get a mutant bread monster.

Bloody Baguette Buggers Boson Boffins By Bird-Based Bombing!!!!

I'm quite proud of that^actually