<story><title>Yuri Gagarin: Sixty years since the first man went into space [video]</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-56690949</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>zabzonk</author><text>&amp;gt; he visited Manchester on a rainy day&lt;p&gt;Are there any other kinds of days there?</text></item><item><author>fiftyacorn</author><text>Amazing it was only 60 years ago.&lt;p&gt;My favourite Gagarin story was when he visited Manchester on a rainy day and they wanted to replace the open top car for a car with a roof. Gagarin said no that if the people waited in the rain then the least he could do was sit in an open top car</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sizzzzlerz</author><text>Old joke:&lt;p&gt;Q: Are there any other kinds of days there?
A: Don&amp;#x27;t know. I haven&amp;#x27;t been there long enough
Q: How long is that
A: All my life.</text></comment>
<story><title>Yuri Gagarin: Sixty years since the first man went into space [video]</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-56690949</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>zabzonk</author><text>&amp;gt; he visited Manchester on a rainy day&lt;p&gt;Are there any other kinds of days there?</text></item><item><author>fiftyacorn</author><text>Amazing it was only 60 years ago.&lt;p&gt;My favourite Gagarin story was when he visited Manchester on a rainy day and they wanted to replace the open top car for a car with a roof. Gagarin said no that if the people waited in the rain then the least he could do was sit in an open top car</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>midasuni</author><text>Only rains in Manchester when Londoners come to visit. Got to keep up appearances.</text></comment>