Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Inoratidzika sechinhu chakananga chakabva mufirimu reHollywood, uye pana April 1st, vashoropodzi vakawanda vangafunga kuti Research Vessel Flip iseka risina kurangarirwa zvakanaka. Asi chikuva chesayenzi chine mamita 355 ndechechokwadi uye chave chichishandiswa neU.S. Office for Naval Research kwamakore anopfuura 50. RV Flip haina injini yayo uye inofanira kudhonzwa kunzvimbo yokunzvera kwesayenzi, uko inotendeuka madhigirii 90, ichisiya tsoka 50 bedzi pamusoro pepasi. Chikonzero chiri shure kwokushanduka, ndechokuti namamita 300 pasi pepasi, mudziyo wacho unova wakasimba zvisingadaviriki. Panzvimbo pokukwira nokudzika pamafungu sezvinoita chikepe chenguva dzose, chinoramba chakamira. Dzorera pasi kuti uone vhidhiyo. Apo inenge ichiyangarara pamusoro pemvura RV FLIP inoratidzika sokunge kumashure kwechikepe kwakatambura tsaona ine ngwavaira ichisiya musana bedzi. Sezvo mudziyo wacho unonyura pasi pevhu, unoratidzika sokunge wava kuda kuputsika ndokudonhera pasi pegungwa. Ngarava yacho inoshandisa gadziriro yematangi eballast ayo anozadzwa nemvura kuti achinje nzvimbo yokukweva muareka ichiifambisa kusvika kumadhigirii 90. Pashure pemaminiti 20, RV FLIP yakaiswa zvakanaka pamadhigirii 90 ichibvumira vatsvakurudzi kutanga kuedza kwavo kwakasiyana-siyana. Inoshandiswa kuyera ruzha rwepasi pemvura pamwe chete netembiricha yemvura. Inogonawo kushandiswa pakuongorora makungwa, mamiriro okunze uye kuona mhuka dzinobata utachiona dzomugungwa. Chikepe chacho chinogona kutakura vashandi vashanu uye vanotsvakurudza vanosvika gumi nomumwe kwemazuva anosvika 30. Ngarava yacho painongodhonzwa kunzvimbo yayo 'inodhonzwa' mukati memaminiti 20 nokupomba mvura mumatangi anoverengeka emarara, ichinyudza rutivi rwokumberi rwengarava pasi pemasaisai. Pashure pokunge mudziyo wapedza kutendeuka kwawo, nzvimbo dzaichimbova masvingo anodzivirira dzinova pasi, uye pasi rinova masvingo anodzivirira. Muimba yokugezera, mune zvimbudzi zviviri zviri pakona imwe neimwe kuitira kuti vashandi vageze maoko avo pasinei nokuti mudziyo wacho unonongedzerwa kupi. Ngarava yacho yakavhurwa muna 1962 apo mano ayo akasiyana nemamwe okuyera inzwi riri pasi pemvura angadai akava anokosha zvikuru kukudziridzwa kwezvikepe zvomumvura mukati mehondo inotonhora. Munguva pfupi yapfuura...
RV FLIP inoratidzika sokunge ingava April Fool, asi yave ichishanda zvakaoma kwamakore anopfuura 50. Chikepe chine mamita 355 chinogona kutendeuka madhigirii 90 mumaminitsi 20 chichipa vatsvakurudzi mukana usingaenzaniswi wokudzidza gungwa. Chikepe chacho hachina chimiro chayo kana kuti chinotyaira uye chinotsamira pamadanda kuti chichikwevere kunzvimbo yokudzidza. RV FLIP yakarayirwa muna 1962 uye inogona kugara yakamira mumakungwa ane mvura yakawanda ine mamita anopfuura 300 pasi pemasaisai.