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Indicators show potatoes can grow on Mars
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| 34/8/2017
Posted on 03/08/2017 4:06:46 PM PST by Gamecock
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To: minnesota_bound
Send Sam Tyler, Gene Hunt and the rest from Manchester to work on that life on Mars thing.
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posted on
03/08/2017 4:25:14 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: Gamecock
Why would they build a cubesat to test these taters?
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posted on
03/08/2017 4:26:55 PM PST
by
DocRock
(And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
To: Pearls Before Swine
Didn’t Matt Damon prove this? /SThe movie was just a theoretical projection. Now we need to send Matt Damon and a sack of spuds to Mars to test the theory.
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posted on
03/08/2017 4:27:03 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(We all have a stake in MAGA! We all need to contribute our efforts.)
To: ExGeeEye
The movie is good, but the book is much better.
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posted on
03/08/2017 4:27:12 PM PST
by
Ingtar
(.)
To: Gamecock
And if deep fryers will work there we could make potato chips.
ML/NJ
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posted on
03/08/2017 4:27:17 PM PST
by
ml/nj
To: Gamecock
Okay, so now we have some idea where his truck went ...
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posted on
03/08/2017 4:30:31 PM PST
by
x
To: Gamecock
I can pass on the potatoes, but if they make Mars bars there, might be of interest.
To: Gamecock
nutrient rich waterWhich is found in abundance on Mars?
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posted on
03/08/2017 4:37:57 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Gamecock
It would be fairly easy to send up some tundra-tolerant vegetation to see how it takes. Lots of carbon in the air for plants to inhale.
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posted on
03/08/2017 4:42:13 PM PST
by
lurk
(TEat)
To: Gamecock
Where is the research money in that???
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posted on
03/08/2017 4:47:09 PM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Magnum44
I’ll bet if they just planted a single Kudzu vine with the next probe, in 10 years it would be a green planet. (Kudzu jokes to follow...) Paging Lewis Grizzard, paging Lewis Grizzard.
"KUDZU: Nothing grows faster than a kudzu vine. It has been known to cover entire homes in Georgia where the families are asleep for the night. They are then trapped inside and can’t get to a convenience store, so they starve. Those who try to eat their way out of kudzu quickly have their innards entangled in the vine because no matter how much you chew it, the blamed stuff just keeps on growing."
"Growing Kudzu"
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posted on
03/08/2017 4:52:23 PM PST
by
BwanaNdege
("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
To: William of Barsoom
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posted on
03/08/2017 4:56:40 PM PST
by
PLMerite
To: ml/nj
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posted on
03/08/2017 4:58:47 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Gamecock
Sensors constantly monitor these conditions and live streaming cameras record the soil in anticipation of the potato sprouting. I see the potential for a new streamed site - YouTuber.
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posted on
03/08/2017 5:00:13 PM PST
by
Flick Lives
(I want to live long enough to see all Deep State operatives executed)
To: Gamecock
“The International Potato Center (CIP)”
First off, I’m a little surprised that potatoes have an international center. What do they do there? Spa treatments? Steam baths?
“Run! It’s blueunicorn6 and he’s got sour cream and chives!”
Secondly, shouldn’t the acronym for International Potato Center be IPC and not CIP?
What is wrong with these tater scientists? They don’t teach spelling at Spud U?
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posted on
03/08/2017 5:11:07 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Gamecock
This article could have been written by Trofim Lysenko.
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posted on
03/08/2017 5:16:51 PM PST
by
henkster
To: blueunicorn6
Many international acronyms are based on French phrases with the adjective coming after the noun eg FIFA = Federation Internationale Football de Association.
I’m guessing CIP = Centre Inernationale de Potato which is equally grandiose and silly. And French Fries are a big deal in potato circles, so....
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posted on
03/08/2017 5:22:31 PM PST
by
relictele
(`)
To: Two Kids' Dad
Bring some salt and fryer oil and we’ll have Martian fries.
...
That was my first thought. Potatoes mean fries. The next big experiment is bacon.
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posted on
03/08/2017 5:26:48 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: Pearls Before Swine
Yeah but they had to take his sh1t, too.
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posted on
03/08/2017 5:28:12 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Gamecock
The next space race is on!
Waiting for the launch of Spudnik.
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posted on
03/08/2017 5:32:34 PM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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