Friends,
Today marks the 41st anniversary of France’s first hydrogen bomb test on the Fangataufa Atoll making her the world’s fifth nuclear power. This was also one of the last above-ground nuclear tests in the world, conducted, we presume, because the French prefer to be fashionably late to the party.
Above-ground nuclear testing has been abandoned by nearly every country because it leads to an increase in albino squirrels. Peace activists have warned that a sudden jump in the albino squirrel population would be “freaky” and “way weird,” leading to a comprehensive test ban treaty among the major nuclear powers.
Or I could still be under the influence of last night’s portobello mushroom pizza. Hard to say, really. It seemed so real…
– bob
Portobello indeed.