Elon Musk was sent by NASA as the only human for an important mission to Mars where another astronaut is already operational. Once there, technicians from Earth tell him to relax and wait for instructions.
After a week of observation without being able to act, Elon is getting bored so he asks NASA when he will become operational too, since there is only a monkey there who touches all the instruments. From Earth they tell him to stay calm and continue observing the universe.
After three weeks, Musk is really tired and insists on having information.
From Earth they reply that a spaceship loaded with material useful for the mission is arriving.
Once the material is recovered, Elon insistently asks what his task is.
Since no instructions are arriving, he begins to throw tantrums and contacts all the terrestrial bases and continues until a message arrives from the unknown Oltrepo Pavese that orders him: “Tuca nienta e dag da mangià a ra sümia”.
He replies annoyed that he didn’t understand, and immediately the simultaneous translator replies: “Don’t touch anything and feed the monkey, the food has arrived.”

Questa è un’antica barzelletta che gira dalle mie parti, ovviamente riadattata per renderla attuale.