North Korea’s leader, the ‘Rum-Un’ with the comic haircut, continues to threaten the world with his fire-works.

(‘Un’ is a colloquial Northern English dialect expression for ‘One’ such as ‘Rum-Un’, ‘Odd -Un’ – so my chimpanzee colleagues in Yorkshire inform me.)

The question is where will this ‘Un’ fire his rocket(s):

• Guam
• Hong-Kong
• Tokyo
• Seoul
• Washington
• My Zoo Cage
• Disneyland
• Darwin

 

To bring Mr Un’s threats into perspective, a house-sized asteroid is heading this way, right now

at 32,400 m.p.h. It is being piloted by The Master of the Universe Himself.

Don’t dive for cover just yet. It is not due to arrive until October – according to the European Space Agency.

The last time such an object entered the earth’s atmosphere in 2013, it exploded over the city of Chelyabisk in Central Russia. The impact of the asteroid blew out the windows of nearly 5,000 buildings and injured more than 1,200 people. It was roughly equivalent to an explosion of around 30 Hiroshima sized atomic bombs.

Kind of makes one hope that the scientists are correct this time in telling us that this stellar visitor will pass harmlessly between the Moon and Earth.

If only they could be as certain about Mr. Un’s orbital inclinations.

All the inhabitants of my zoo are a little concerned. Why do humans think that they are so wise? We chimpanzees would never want to destroy the Earth.

Gibber! Gibber!

Chugley, The Alarmed Chimpanzee.