Is Pig-Brain 'Mist' Linked To Mystery Ailment?

New Scientist ^ | 2-9-2008

[blam]

Mad Pig Disease?

[RichInOC]

[cue Dan Castellanetta]

“Mmmmmmmm...pig-brain mist....”

[SatinDoll]

A Medical Mystery...

see the following link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966283/posts

[weegee]

What does the Geneva Convention say about use using pig-brain-dust matter in combat?

[jdm]

KRAMER

The pig-man! I saw a pig-man! He was just lying there and then he woke up. He looked up at me and made this horrible sound (MAKES SOUND).

George

Kramer, what the hell are you talking about?

KRAMER

I’m talking about the pigman, George. I went into the wrong room and there he was.

George

A pigman?

KRAMER

Yes, a pigman. Half pig, half man.

Elaine

That’s nice, Kramer.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

["...using compressed air to blast brain tissue from severed pig heads..."]

Not a job I'd apply for.

[jazusamo]

I was just going to link that, it’s an interesting piece.

[martin_fierro]

[BenLurkin]

using compressed air to blast brain tissue from severed pig heads.

What great job that must be...paging Mike Rowe!

[RobinOfKingston]

The end product is a pink food paste that is canned and exported, ...

I come from a long line of folk who have procured much of our protein in the wild ... hunting. It is my contention, and that of my ancestors that it is ok to leave some parts of the critter behind.

[pillut48]

Artist rendering (meat plant, get it?!) of what pig-brain mist does to a normal human:

[jdm]

LOL. I haven’t seen that cover since college.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

What does the Geneva Convention say about use using pig-brain-dust matter in combat?

Shouldn't the entire pig be used in some manner? Using only brain matter seems wasteful. If the entire pig body could be accelerated to supersonic velocities, it would be more effective as a weapon.

[Rurudyne]

Are you serial?

[jdm]

You only need one Primus song.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Was_a_Race_Car_Driver

[Nebraska6804]

I wonder if this is a prion disease, like mad cow? Pigs get used as human analogs for many studies and some diseases pass easily from pigs to people. It might be time to stop eating bone-in pork.

Damn.

[pillut48]

Totally! I got it straight from the beeber’s mouth!
If this disease/syndrome spreads, why, it could be HUGH!!

[blam]

The killer in the movie No Country For Old Men, used one of the air guns to kill people.

Pretty good movie too.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

[Rurudyne]

Another Hugh Jackman?!?

Yes, the ramifications could be super serial!