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Iran plans to put a monkey into space
2011-06-27
Five monkeys are now undergoing tests before one is selected for the flight on board a Kavoshgar-5 rocket.
Is there anything Muslim Science can't do?
Posted by:ryuge

#12  Wotta Thread! Everybody wins today!
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2011-06-27 22:23  

#11  "he was a lonely monkey. The others refused to groom him, claiming it was 'too disgusting', even for the feces-flinging monkey-hoodlums"
Posted by: Frank G   2011-06-27 22:00  

#10  tu wins the thread! :-D
Posted by: Barbara   2011-06-27 21:10  

#9  Damn, that is one ugly monkey.
Posted by: tu3031   2011-06-27 21:02  

#8  Don't they have to impeach him first?
Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165   2011-06-27 18:56  

#7  I hope they got one as sweet as urum.... Ham... because I suspect he'll get negative reinforcement regardless.... poor Ham got zapped regardless of what he did. However, being a good American Simian he did everything correctly and swore to to the CapCom (ala Wally Shirra).... but damn was he pissed off when they got him out of the capsule. Pictures of "smiling" Ham being handled by two grown men seems to have faded from the internets. I
Posted by: S   2011-06-27 16:54  

#6  That puts the Iranian monkey only fifty-some years behind my USA heroes: "Abel" and "Baker"...
Posted by: borgboy   2011-06-27 16:50  

#5  Free space on the Bingo card :-)
Posted by: Steve White   2011-06-27 16:21  

#4  Dang, I didn't see Pollyandrew's comment. I guess it was pretty obvious.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-06-27 15:48  

#3  They're gonna send Whackjob?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-06-27 15:45  

#2  Ya beat me to it, Pollyandrew.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2011-06-27 15:39  

#1  The Mad Mullahs finally figured out a solution to their vexing Dinner Jacket problem.
Posted by: Pollyandrew   2011-06-27 15:37  

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