That would be the manhole cover that got launched by Operation Plumbbob.
wasn’t there a story somewhere of a manhole cover that like broke the sound barrier or something after it got flung off by a nuclear explosion
Soviet scientists in 1957: we’re only 3 months away from launching our meticulously designed and carefully researched satellite into space! It’s going to be the first man-made object to reach space!
Operation Plumbbob: hold my manhole cover
wasn’t there a story somewhere of a manhole cover that like broke the sound barrier or something after it got flung off by a nuclear explosion
Soviet scientists in 1957: we’re only 3 months away from launching our meticulously designed and carefully researched satellite into space! It’s going to be the first man-made object to reach space!
Operation Plumbbob: hold my manhole cover
[2023-10-14 02:02PM] <+theglasspenguin> it's taken you 2 hours to respond
[2023-10-14 02:03PM] <+theglasspenguin> i win
if (date == “Oct 11” && date != prevdate) {
theglasspenguin.age = theglasspenguin.age + 1
}
prevdate = dateit’s the first week of october and i’m already burnt out how on earth will i make it to june