• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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      23 days ago

      Chief Scientist : I agree with those who say we could launch a pod.

      Lyndon Johnson : A pot?

      Chief Scientist : A POD - a, uh, capsule. Now, we would be in full control of zis pod. It vill go up like a cannonball, and come down like, uh, a cannonball, splashing down into ze water, the ocean, vith a parachute to spare the life of the specimen inside.

      Lyndon Johnson : Spaceman?

      Chief Scientist : SPE-CI-MEN.

      Lyndon Johnson : Well, what kind of spe-ci-men?

      Chief Scientist : A tough one. Responsive to orders. I had in mind a jimp.

      Lyndon Johnson : JIMP? Well what the HELL is a jimp?

      Chief Scientist : A jimp. A-a-a jimpanzee, Senator. An ape.