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Time For A New Tradition. Do Those Things Have Butt Flaps?
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Let's hope that Russian astronauts of the future aren't as superstitious as their predecessors, because newly-redesigned spacesuits have made it impossible for them to carry on a tradition started by Yuri Gagarin himself: the superstition of peeing on the back wheel of the bus taking them to the launch pad. Yes, in 1961, Gagarin hadda go, stopped the bus, got out and peed on the wheel. Cosmonauts have done so since, even women, who have packed a vial of pee to throw on the wheel in lieu of actually peeing. Which may be what the men will do now, since they won't have a fly to undo. (The Guardian)
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