The Joke of the Day!
NASA Scientists were eagerly waiting for the rover to send back the first sounds from Mars.
A program decades in the making, a feat of engineering never before accomplished. Not only did they include high resolution cameras for the landing, but incredibly robust microphones to capture the first sounds from an alien planet.
The team of people were huddled around a lab station for hours, watching as the intersolar data was relayed from the Red Planet and downloaded into their servers.
The progress bar crept steadily along: 98%…. 99%… 100%
A hush fell over those in attendance as they finally queued up the audio…
First, static, and then a faint crackle…
“Hi, this is Anne with your vehicle’s warranty department…”
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I was fired from my construction job after I caused a 10 car pileup.
It was my dumb asphalt.
