Russia Launches First Yak Into Space
By Brian White · Humor · No Comments
Another first this week. Russia, now being out-classed by China’s foray into the space biz, disgraced with budgetary shortfalls on the ISS project and their failure to produce a viable shuttle comparable to the one introduced by NASA colleagues 20 years ago, is making headlines again today. Russia and the former Soviet Union claimed many space firsts during the space race including first satellite, first organism in space, and first man in space.
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The Great Wall of China, whose construction began during the Zhou Dynasty of approximately 770BC, has finally been bested. Descendants of the ancient invading Mongols have discovered a Home Depot in Ulan Bator, and purchased thousands of scaling ladders to allow them passage over the Great Wall. They appear to have been successful in their endeavor, and are now threatening Beijing.
Toyota Motor Corp. set themselves apart from American automakers in the 80’s and 90’s by designing quality vehicles absent of planned functional obsolescences. This decade Toyota made their mark by introducing the Prius, the first hybrid car to hit the market. Critics have praised it while still dubbing it a “gutless crackerbox”, but now crackers have a sporty carriage of testosterone to choose while pretending to remain eco-friendly. Call it the hybrid Volta or the inbred Priapus, either way it still smells like raw pheromones.