Although Cronkite had once crash landed in a Dutch potato field under enemy fire, he chose instead to focus on celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands at the hands of the Free Dutch.
And lo and behold, after being at zero for 30 years, over 16,000 pounds of bay scallops were reported landed in New Jersey when we had no legal harvest.
The first question we would ask if aliens landed on this planet is not, 'What does this mean for the economy or jobs?' It would be, 'Are they friendly or unfriendly?'
The first one was kind of lucky. I took a swing on it, and it landed in the net.
An aspiration is a joy for ever, a possession as solid as a landed estate
If they had not landed there would be some reason for celebrating the fact.
And we marvel about how, as two young overachievers, we began a great adventure on the fringes of a little-known industry and it landed us at the center of an amazing universe.