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humor Babylon Bee 2026-06-01

California: Four Years for a Butterfly Bridge, 102 Days for a Fighter Jet.

Ah, California, where building a bridge for its tiniest residents takes longer than a WWII fighter plane. Clearly, our priorities are as straight as a P-51's flight path.


<img src="https://media.babylonbee.com/articles/6a1de0957f4376a1de0957f438.jpg" style="width: 100%;" width="400" /><p>AGOURA HILLS, CA β€” Officials working on new construction in California were surprised to learn that their own state, which was struggling to build a bridge for butterflies over the course of four years at a cost of over $100 million, had apparently once developed and built the P-51 Mustang in just 102 days.</p>

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