Nuclear Squirrels
Apparently LLNL (Lawrence Livermore National Lab) has had a rash of blown transformers lately. It seems some mystery squirrels may be to blame:
[10:13am] neb: My understanding is that it won't be up until at least 12PM PST [10:14am] nic__: ouch [10:14am] neb: There were literally half a dozen facility type people working in the area when I headed back home. [10:15am] nic__: wow. you know it is serious when >2 show up [10:15am] neb: Last week we had the tranformer blow that took out thunder. [10:15am] nic__: seems to be a pattern... [10:15am] neb: And there was a joke going around about a "drop squirrel". [10:16am] nic__: LOL [10:16am] nic__: that just smells bad...not that I would know or anthing [10:16am] nic__: anything even [10:16am] neb: The joke is, that any time something serious goes wrong the facilities people reach into their freezer and <br /> get a dead frozen squirrel and drop in at the site of the problem. That way they affix blame on someone other than themselves. [10:17am] neb: "Oh shit this looks bad. Quick grab a drop squirrel"
It’s official — my first piece of squirrel humor. Oh wow…I should really put a story up from my Philadelphia apartment. Anna, you kill me for that one ?
And of course there was more later…
neb: westlund, how are things going there. Are you physically at the lab? [3:57pm] acu-home: I haven't heard a peep in hours [3:58pm] neb: That russian ICBM must have really done a number on stuff. [3:59pm] acu-home: Wasn't an ICBM. They say a squirrel got into the prototype matter converter. [3:59pm] neb: I thought that was just the "cover story" [4:00pm] neb: The one we were supposed to tell everyone so that they wouldn't know what <it>really happened</it> [4:00pm] acu-home: The hidden story is that the squirrel is still in there [4:01pm] acu-home: looks out window and see 38 ton squirrel go by [4:01pm] neb: You mean that the when the drop squirrel got hit with the radiation it developed super powers and is now on a rampage. [4:02pm] acu-home: shhhh
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