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[[A figure wearing goggles and ear defenders walks into a patch of rocks. He's carrying a hammer and a pistol. There is a van in the background labelled 'Dept. of Geology'.]]
[[The man drops the hammer and fires the pistol into the ground.]]
<<BLAM BLAM BLAM>>
[[The man drops the pistol and starts hammering away a chunk of rock.]]
<<Clink clink>>
[[The man sits behind a desk reading some paper. He has a variety of certificates and pictures on the wall behind him. He seems important. On the wall is the chunk of rock, mounted on a plaque, with a caption.]]
Earth
4,500,000,000BCE - April 12, 2013
{{Title text: 'It seems like it's still alive, Professor.' 'Yeah, a big one like this can keep running around for a few billion years after you remove the head."}}
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