It was 58 years ago today...

[davywavy]

Bang!

Comments

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

"It's like bubbling molasses down there . . . the mushroom is spreading out . . . fires are springing up everywhere . . . it's like a peep into hell."

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

you've been to Butlins then?

(sorry)

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

Actually, I was the guy who had to drop the Butlins over Iraq, oh, the eternal shame.

[sesquipedality.livejournal.com]

Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play?

Surely...

[applez.livejournal.com]

it's more of a 'boom' than a 'bang' ... unless Marvin the Martian is involved, of course. ;-)

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My thoughts exactly.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

We are similar, aren't we?

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Although that was only 56 years ago, based on the album being released in '67. Just doesn't scan :(

Re: Surely...

[crocodilewings.livejournal.com]

It's more of a flat yet loud "fwooosh" followed by a colossal roar of wind as the debris in the immediate vicinity is sucked back into the vacuum created by the explosion.

Although you're dead by the time you get to hear it.

Re: Surely...

[applez.livejournal.com]

"In a nuclear blast no one can hear your scream"

[riksowden.livejournal.com]

You bad man...but at least it wasn't a Pontins...