Out of all the problems we could be having in our universe, who would’ve thought a tomato in space would be at the top?
I typed “tomato in space” into our stock photo database and this is what popped up. So please enjoy this photo of somebody’s elaborate breakfast in lieu of what I was actually looking for.
If there’s one thing you need to know about me, it’s that I don’t care about space travel whatsoever.
I don’t care about rich people and their toy rockets and all their stupid intergalactic dilly dallying; I am much more concerned with fixing our home instead of ditching it.
However, I have to admit, it’s almost a guarantee that hilarious stories will inevitably come out of human space exploration. Like this one! A fun headline that came across my desk the other day said, and I quote, “ISS astronauts find tomato that was lost in space for 8 months”
Well, thank goodness for that. We were all wondering.
Keeping with the theme of images that share a cursory resemblance to what I’m talking about, please enjoy this photo of a woman who is…angry? Excited? I am not sure what emotion is being conveyed here but I’m fairly certain those tomatoes are in danger.
Seriously, this just creates more questions than answers.
Question Number 1: Who brought a tomato outside of the ship?
Question Number 2: How on earth (or off Earth, in this case) would one of the astronauts eat a tomato outside of the ship? Those helmets don’t have mouth holes.
Question Number 3: Why did someone bring one singular tomato? If not, then where are the rest of the tomatoes? Are astronauts known for making salsa when they’re bored and stuck in the ship?
Question Number 4: Why did it take 8 months to get the tomato back?
And behold, our final entry into our series of tomato-related photos with evil energy.
And finally,
Question Number 5: Why did they prioritize getting it back?
Was it a magical tomato?
Does it do tricks?
Do Martians have an allergy to tomatoes that we don’t know about and it could end up being a huge liability to the intergalactic federation?
I feel like journalists need to start asking more questions because I’m at a loss here.
Thanks for reading, love you lots, and as always,
– Erik
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