Space cat-det
As a Leo and space cadet, I thought I was the planet’s biggest astro-cat, but I’m outdone once again by the wonderful folks down in Florida who have their paws on the world beat of high weirdness, Weekly World News. As the paper warns its audience, “the reader should suspend disbelief for the sake of enjoyment,” a truism embracing the “truthiness” of our age. Of course the disclaimer is just a ruse. It’s all true, man, I know it! After all, isn’t this the daily intelligence report that reaches the President’s desk with his morning Postum?
Weekly World News: “SPACE STATION INFESTED WITH MICE - NASA TO SEND UP CAT”
HOUSTON, Tex. — NASA
officials were embarrassed
this week to announce the
Space Station is infested
with mice.
Project Manager Terry
Duckworth told Weekly
World News, ‘The female
mice escaped from one of
our onboard experiments
and the male mice came up
on a Russian supply ship,
hidden in the cargo
hold. Now we have a big
predicament — what we call
UMP, or Unauthorized Mice
Pairing. You might say,
‘Houston we have a pest
problem.’ But I won’t.’
The mice have chewed
through wires and
insulation, and the patter
of their feet has disturbed
astronauts as they’ve
slept.
