For those of you who have gotten used to postings on Fridays, and were expecting the latest instalment of Uncle Fun and Sparky's travels with the fabled (and possibly genuine) explorer Vasco da Gama, an apology is in order. Today is Wernher von Braun's birthday, so as he generally does to celebrate this festive occasion, Sparky is trying to convert the Funmobile into a reasonable facsimile of a working moon rocket, using his standard combination of baking soda and tonic water, shaken to within an inch of its life in a cement mixer. Meanwhile, Uncle Fun has (as is also now an annual tradition) been on the phone all day with his insurance adjustor, trying to get an advance quote on any claims that will need to be made against his home and casualty policies. Things will return to normal as soon as Sparky returns from as close to orbit as he gets this time around.
In the meantime, enjoy this semi-topical song by Tom Lehrer on the subject of the late lamented birthday boy.
P.S. As you'll notice from a previous posting, I need to teach Moose how to spell Dr. von Braun's first name. It's a variant spelling anyway: don't deduct any marks.
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