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To: NicknamedBob

I think I figured out where we are going to get our meat from on the trip to Mars...

We'll keep enough animal DNA on stock for cloning purposes, any live animals will more likely be pets.

33,241 posted on 07/06/2005 8:19:22 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Never underestimate the will of the downtrodden to lie flatter.)

To: Dead Corpse; Do not dub me shapka broham

"I’ll show you how to operate the juicer, and how to keep the protein incubators happy."

(From a short, unpublished introductory piece to my first book.) I was intimating that some tissues were grown in situ, to have the taste and texture of various meats.

It never made it into the published version, partly because it wasn't necessary to the story.

I mentioned various food items, such as eggs, milk, and meat portions without going into details about whether such things came from living animals. That, too, was irrelevent.

Bill Cosby's "Chicken Heart" routine sems appropriate here. A horror story based on chicken embrionic tissue continuing to grow in the lab.

Nothing appears to prevent the culturing of animal muscle tissue, including causing it to have a blood supply, and perhaps they can get the needed exercise by stimulating the petri dishes with some electric current. It would be a compact system of generating a variety of food substances for any kitchen, and perhaps in a few hundred years, all "food" animals will be in petting zoos.

33,242 posted on 07/06/2005 9:00:43 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Mighty and enduring? They are but toys of the moment to be overturned by the flicking of a finger.)

To: Dead Corpse; Do not dub me shapka broham

33,243 posted on 07/06/2005 9:15:02 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Mighty and enduring? They are but toys of the moment to be overturned by the flicking of a finger.)

To: Tax-chick; tiamat; Lady Jag; NicknamedBob; Conservatrix; tuliptree76

I saw the "Dolly Llama" Tuesday afternoon when I was visiting Kutztown, PA.

Imagine what it must be like having the same name as thousands of other distant relations that were born in a post-cloning age.

:7)

I have to admit, that was probably one of the highlights of my visit to Pennsylvania Dutch country.

33,244 posted on 07/06/2005 9:34:28 PM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham

To: Do not dub me shapka broham

I've seen his picture before I think.

33,245 posted on 07/06/2005 9:38:47 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)

To: Do not dub me shapka broham

"Imagine what it must be like having the same name as thousands of other distant relations..."

I don't have to! I've done a Google search on my own real name, and discovered that it is engraved on the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial Wall, has been launched into space, that I've been in a wedding in one part of the country, a pall-bearer in another, and the "Guest of Honor" at a funeral somewhere else.

I do get around! All it takes is a relatively common last name. By the way, John Kerry's name is not engraved on the wall.

33,246 posted on 07/06/2005 9:47:29 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Mighty and enduring? They are but toys of the moment to be overturned by the flicking of a finger.)

33,247 posted on 07/06/2005 9:53:32 PM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham

To: Neets; Darksheare; scott0347; timpad; Conspiracy Guy; NYC GOP Chick; MeekOneGOP; Fedora; OSHA; ...

Multiple explosions in London. Roll call.

33,248 posted on 07/07/2005 3:31:13 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (crying, praying and getting out my sword)

To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Multiple explosions in London.

Live thread.

33,249 posted on 07/07/2005 3:34:58 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Canada is the answer to a question that nobody bothered to ask." --Stand W)

To: Slings and Arrows

33,250 posted on 07/07/2005 3:39:24 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (crying, praying and getting out my sword)

To: Slings and Arrows

33,251 posted on 07/07/2005 3:42:29 AM PDT by scott0347 (Commander of the 0347th Lancer Brigade, Operator of the Immaculate Steamroller)

To: Harmless Teddy Bear

33,252 posted on 07/07/2005 3:42:41 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar

To: Harmless Teddy Bear; King Prout; Darksheare

present... and praying for all involved with friends and family. And preping the gun collection for some practice shooting as soon as the range opens in 3 hours.

I love London have visited it twice. I hate to see this happen to a great city. But I also know that the Brits will get their revenge. I pity those that committed this act. The brits will anilate them.

33,253 posted on 07/07/2005 4:01:57 AM PDT by Americanwolf (Prayers with those that were effect by the london terror attack... 07/07/05 God Bless them all!)

To: Harmless Teddy Bear; scott0347

33,254 posted on 07/07/2005 4:02:06 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Canada is the answer to a question that nobody bothered to ask." --Stand W)

To: Harmless Teddy Bear

33,255 posted on 07/07/2005 4:15:41 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("I am saying that the government's complicity is dishonest and disingenuous." ~NCSteve)

To: Do not dub me shapka broham

Alpaca wool is warmer and lighter, but not as durable as llama.

33,256 posted on 07/07/2005 4:21:24 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("I am saying that the government's complicity is dishonest and disingenuous." ~NCSteve)

To: Harmless Teddy Bear; Americanwolf; King Prout

I'm here.
I'm nowhere near London, but still.
God be with the families.

33,257 posted on 07/07/2005 5:17:18 AM PDT by Darksheare

To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I was there just a few weeks ago.....*****shudder****

33,258 posted on 07/07/2005 6:34:17 AM PDT by OSHA (I,ll be breaf.)

I wonder if it'll help the Brits remember what their testicles are for.

33,259 posted on 07/07/2005 6:41:45 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (Never underestimate the will of the downtrodden to lie flatter.)

My cousin's husband and daughter got back from London on Saturday.

33,260 posted on 07/07/2005 6:43:28 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("I am saying that the government's complicity is dishonest and disingenuous." ~NCSteve)

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