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Gene Blocker Turns Monkeys Into Workaholics - Study
Reuters ^ | Wed Aug 11, 2004

Posted on 08/11/2004 3:10:44 PM PDT by Willie Green

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To: Willie Green

"Off to work. No time to chat."

21 posted on 08/11/2004 4:05:56 PM PDT by harrycarey
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To: Thinkin' Gal
For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use monkey consumption.
22 posted on 08/11/2004 4:07:03 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Willie Green
This is great news. I'll be able to layoff half the monkeys I currently have trying to type Hamlet.
23 posted on 08/11/2004 4:08:15 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Sandy, is that a top secret document in your pants or are you just happy to see me?)
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To: Willie Green
Reminds me of "Focus" in Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky.
24 posted on 08/11/2004 4:09:50 PM PDT by Physicist
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To: Willie Green

"Like many of us, monkeys normally slack off initially in working toward a distant goal," he added."

Hey this reminds me.... where is that manuscript I'm working on?

Oh yeah, under the couch. For me, decluttering is also a "distant goal." ;)


25 posted on 08/11/2004 4:11:12 PM PDT by proud American in Canada
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To: harrycarey

LOL!


26 posted on 08/11/2004 4:31:21 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Alan Go!!!)
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To: Willie Green

One step closer to that Brave New World, eh?


27 posted on 08/11/2004 4:37:12 PM PDT by Weaver95
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To: Physicist

You are right.

That was a very good book.


28 posted on 08/11/2004 4:41:33 PM PDT by chipengineer
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To: blackdog

LOL


29 posted on 08/11/2004 6:14:00 PM PDT by sixmil
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To: itsamelman

That's funny!


30 posted on 08/11/2004 10:08:29 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Physicist

Indeed! :-)


31 posted on 08/11/2004 10:12:10 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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To: Willie Green

I only need to press the "Refresh" button on the "latest posts" page 34,682 more times until I'm finished for the evening.


32 posted on 08/11/2004 10:15:00 PM PDT by Ichneumon ("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)
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To: JeeperFreeper
Uh-oh... cubicle rats for large corporations better shy away from the coffee pot and water cooler- bring your own drinks.

You have heard of ventilation systems...?

33 posted on 08/12/2004 4:25:27 PM PDT by bikepacker67 (Sandy wasn't stuffing his socks, he was stuffing A sock.)
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I'd like to know what Dr. Zaius thinks about this.


34 posted on 08/12/2004 5:01:37 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (I'll put George W. Bush's four years in office over Kerry's four months in Vietnam any time!)
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