Yuri Gagarin
Tomorrow is the day Yuri Gagarin would have turned 27 in 1961. Curiosity is demanding a retrosearch into what could have possibly gone through his mind that day.
I mean things like introspection and stuff. People hopefully do introspect a little on their birthdays between the age of 25 and 30. You know, things like, what are you doing with your life, what do you expect to be doing five years from now etc...
Why 25 and 30? Well probably because your'e too busy worrying whether you would get laid before you cross 25 that you hardly have time for other introspections. Hopefully you do get laid before you cross 25 otherwise there is no point contemplating other things, as are failing God in the most basic task you are going down for.
30 is a dangerous number when it applies to age, for human beings of course. There is something ominous about that number and I really don't want to think about life beyond it.
So that leaves us with the 25 to 30 band. Hopefully you will look back at your life sometimes yaar ... atleast on your birthdays.... just for that five years..... arreh maan jaa yaar.. jaan lega?
Good, so that now we reach to the firm conclusion that mankind contemplates the state of his affairs on his birthdays between the age of 25 and 30, we could now shift focus through what could have gone through that commie mind of dear old Yuri on March 9, 1961 as he sat listening to Elvis' "Are you lonesome tonight?" which topped the charts for the first time a month back, and by now would surely have found its way around the iron curtain.
Was he worried about what progress was made of his resolve to turn an astronaut before he turned 30? Probably not, as Blackie had already returned from space alive, and he had been chosen for the ignominy of following a dog's footsteps which made him review his earlier plan to say something like 'A giant step for mankind' on the occasion. He could have been a little scared contemplating the anatomical differences between a dog's constitution and his own, but that would probably have been it.
Was he worried about his Astronaut Analyst Lead increase his already astronomical tasks, offhand, just before launch, and then review them while in orbit? His only task was surviving in space, which his Lead would have already assured is nothing, even dying in the process is a great honor. So Yuri may have casually dismissed any premonitions he might have had saying 'We'll survive when we have to!'.
Was he worried about what would be the outcome of the latest test match between the Soviet Union and the United States in a three match test series played in USSR the first time since World War 2. Fat chance. Their aversion to wasting an entire day in the cricket field leave alone five consequetive days, outweighs the cumulative animosity the superpowers harbour for each other.
Heck, probably the king would have already taken him to the lonesome world of pathos and a couple of vodkas later he would have already found his soul floating around in space with little scope for contemplation. Let's hope his colleagues had a kind word to say about dear old Yuri in the midst of the celebrations for the return of Blackie.
Happy birthday Yuri Gagarin!
I mean things like introspection and stuff. People hopefully do introspect a little on their birthdays between the age of 25 and 30. You know, things like, what are you doing with your life, what do you expect to be doing five years from now etc...
Why 25 and 30? Well probably because your'e too busy worrying whether you would get laid before you cross 25 that you hardly have time for other introspections. Hopefully you do get laid before you cross 25 otherwise there is no point contemplating other things, as are failing God in the most basic task you are going down for.
30 is a dangerous number when it applies to age, for human beings of course. There is something ominous about that number and I really don't want to think about life beyond it.
So that leaves us with the 25 to 30 band. Hopefully you will look back at your life sometimes yaar ... atleast on your birthdays.... just for that five years..... arreh maan jaa yaar.. jaan lega?
Good, so that now we reach to the firm conclusion that mankind contemplates the state of his affairs on his birthdays between the age of 25 and 30, we could now shift focus through what could have gone through that commie mind of dear old Yuri on March 9, 1961 as he sat listening to Elvis' "Are you lonesome tonight?" which topped the charts for the first time a month back, and by now would surely have found its way around the iron curtain.
Was he worried about what progress was made of his resolve to turn an astronaut before he turned 30? Probably not, as Blackie had already returned from space alive, and he had been chosen for the ignominy of following a dog's footsteps which made him review his earlier plan to say something like 'A giant step for mankind' on the occasion. He could have been a little scared contemplating the anatomical differences between a dog's constitution and his own, but that would probably have been it.
Was he worried about his Astronaut Analyst Lead increase his already astronomical tasks, offhand, just before launch, and then review them while in orbit? His only task was surviving in space, which his Lead would have already assured is nothing, even dying in the process is a great honor. So Yuri may have casually dismissed any premonitions he might have had saying 'We'll survive when we have to!'.
Was he worried about what would be the outcome of the latest test match between the Soviet Union and the United States in a three match test series played in USSR the first time since World War 2. Fat chance. Their aversion to wasting an entire day in the cricket field leave alone five consequetive days, outweighs the cumulative animosity the superpowers harbour for each other.
Heck, probably the king would have already taken him to the lonesome world of pathos and a couple of vodkas later he would have already found his soul floating around in space with little scope for contemplation. Let's hope his colleagues had a kind word to say about dear old Yuri in the midst of the celebrations for the return of Blackie.
Happy birthday Yuri Gagarin!
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