Posted on 07/31/2005 1:19:25 PM PDT by KMB
Or maybe he was asking for an antidote to celery .. I get confused sometimes...
Celery is ghastly stuff.
And too many resterraunts are using it as "filler" for soups or Chinese food because it is cheap...
Grrrrr.
I just wanted an antidote to peanuts.
Are you allergic to peanuts?
"Celery is ghastly stuff."
You probably badmouth grits too.
Actually NO, I like grits.
But i eat them with salt and pepper and lots and lots of butter.
Cheese grits are good too.
Have you ever eaten a banana and celery sandwich?
I just asked Monkeyface about banana and celery sandwiches. Have you ever had one?
I think 'Face went off to bed.
And no, i never had.
Would not occur to me to do that thing.
Any good?
I guess this is one aspect George Washington Carver didn't anticipate.
Too bad. We could use his genius to study this problem.
While we're on the subject of intractble problems, can anyone give me an antidote to mosquitoes?
#6 cherry black long cut pipe tobacco burned slowly in a pipe.
Back when #6 was still made, ran across a guy who smoked it, and mosquitoes never bothered him.
Hmmm. That's a consideration, and it's probably a little easier to implement that my other thought.
Besides, how many people are willing to have their genetic structure altered? I may still have to use that for the peanuts, though.
*bad Idea generated*
Peanuts, huh?
Hmm...
Yeah, besides cancer, there are a number of conditions ailing us as a species that can only be dealt with by manipulating the genome.
Eventually, we'll be able to go to a technician who reads our individual genome, and then does a diagnostic analysis for bugs in the program.
Just like computer systems, though, knowing that there is a problem does not necessarily tell you what the solution should be. Future Medical Science is going to be interesting, and complicated.
Chameleon ability!
*wistful sigh*
That would be interesting, being able to bug check the DNA.
Chameleon ability is one of the more easily accomplished tasks. All one need do is cover the epidermis with chromatophores.
There are prices to be paid for such abilities, however. Sure, it would be cool to have tattoos that would be under your conscious control, even being animated if you wish, but you would have to "cloth" yourself in tattoos. Think of body painting. It is remarkably deceiving to the eye, but under the paint is only skin!
This also requires considerable brain-power and associated control networks. These would have to be supplemented in the chameleon-enabled population.
Since it works best to conceal oneself flat against a wall, it would be almost useless if the chameleon strayed too far from the surface it was imitating. Walking among a crowd unseen requires a different technology.
I'm back. :-)
True.
Chameleoid ability would be useful in wooded areas and such.
Light bending or dimensional phase shifting would be best used elsewhere.
The same rules for hiding, even with special camouflage abilities, would still apply.
Avoid being backlit. Stay in shadows. Move slowly if at all.
A negative aspect of such a "gift" would be that if you were called upon to defend yourself, it would have to be without weapons, as the uniform of the natural chameleon has no pockets.
HiYa Doctor Vixen!
What'cha doing?
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