[Iowa Granny]

1) Will someone who understands the Queen's English please explain what 'cock up' means. I am 57 years old, raised 3 sons, and I'm old enough to know the truth.

2) 60% of the Cheese consumed in the U.S. today is produced from transgenic substance.

3) Any report that uses Friends of the Earth as a reliable source of background information is suspect to me.

[goldstategop]

We've all eaten it and neither you nor I or any one else has reported an ill effects. Granted some transgenic crops may have side effects no one knows about but the burden of proof is on the critics to show the risks of the life-saving promise of biotechnology in our lives would outweigh the benefits.

[Miss Marple]

My only concern is that non-modified plants' genetic code be preserved in some way, so that the originals aren't lost forever.

[ThirstyMan]

1) Will someone who understands the Queen's English please explain what 'cock up' means. I am 57 years old, raised 3 sons, and I'm old enough to know the truth.

Yes Granny, I'd also like to know what this phrase means. Since I believe it was blam who introduced the expression(post #3), perhaps he could provide us mature FReepers with some enlightenment.