July 25, 2005

• Yeah, I guess that was never going to happen.
• Is that the stuff the guy from American Beauty sold for $1200? Not to worry, though. I'm sure those hybrid monkeys with the almost-human brain, when they escape and start breeding with regular ones, will find a way to kill that weed.
• Butbutbutbutbut Monstanto said GM crops would end world hunger, not create superweeds! <--#include virtual="welcomenewoverlords.cgi?type=geweeds" -->
• That headline was a little misleading ... I was scrambling for my rolling papers.
• Please don't remind me of how without marijuana I am.
• To stop their farm crops being overwhelmed with superweeds, farmers had to resort to using older, much stronger varieties of "dirty" herbicide Excellent... more chemicals in the food basket.
• I think we should genetically engineer us some forty-story-tall saurian creatures, fertile as bunnies, with atomic breath. You know- to kill the superweed. People are SO goddamn dumb.
• Superweed? Yayyyy!!! ....oh... not that kind of weed. Seriously, this is a major clusterfuck. I remember this very possibility being discussed right at the beginning of the whole GM debate. So now Pandora's Box is now wide open, and I'm sure those prescient folk who saw this coming back then will take little solace in being able to say "we told you so"! idiots!
• on preview, everyone beat me to the pot jokes. Gotta smoke less...
• AAAAARGH I need pot
• the Guardian can reveal Mm-hmh. You'll 'scuse me if I wait for this to be published in a slightly more reputable and peer-reviewed source. (Cueing up the ~*~ Frankenfood ~*~ [shriek!!] hysteria... now.) Or more importantly, what the implications for further horizontal transference might be. Cf. antibiotic resistance.
• *skins up / wafts smoke at chy*
• Menacing GM superweed that can't be killed, eh? Damn! - this sounds like a better idea than the sci-fi story I'm currently writing, about a race of genetically modified giant red dogs. I'm calling it "Day of the Cliffords".
• (Chyren)
• Yes?
• (We are the plants, Chyren. We have no mouths and can only communicate in parentheses. We are your lords now and you must do our bidding, Chyren.)
• (We have chosen you because you are from the MOON. You will nurture us and rub our stems lovingly with soothing unguents and fertilizers.)
• (Ew, there is a slug on me. Could you flick it off? Thanks.)
• (ARRRGH IT'S EATING MY LEAVES! HELP US CHYREN WE HAVE NO OPPOSABLE DIGITS, FOR FUCKS SAKE)
• I'm calling it "Day of the Cliffords". That's it, I'm going back to bed.
• (Hey, stop eating me! Chyren! Help us!)
• HA HA HA HA
• Good Post
• hi retank
• I like cheese.
• You see? Quid, you've driven Chy mad now! *taps toe* Well? You gonna fix him up? Or at least hand him some Rocquefort, for Pete's sakes!
• Not far to drive.
• [Chyren, this is a bird. I have a mouth but prefer square brackets. I ate the slug - it was quite disgusting, and now I wish I had just ordered a pizza.] +++meeeow!+++ [Fuck, a cat! Damn this "circle of life" rubbish.] (Chyren - plant here. I'm OK now - so get with the unguents, moon-bitch).
• {This is Gia here - see, curvey natural-like brackets - Quid, quit it, you hear? Or there'll be no more peanut butter for you! Nice pussy, BTW.}
• %Gia, this is Uranous. Hey baby, how's it going? So umm, you doing anything later? Heh heh heh, allll-right.% ([]) Earth + Universe bumping and grinding sounds
• //Hi, Halley's Comet here. No mouth, two slashes, etc etc. I just popped by to tell Kitfisto all about Galaxix Car Insurance - comprehensive car insurance at a low, low price. Great deals like this only come around once every 76 years - so act now!//
• *THIS IS GOD. EVERYONE STFU ALREADY I'M TRYING TO WATCH THE OC. THIS IS SOME FUNNY SHIT Y'ALL.*
• {Gia here - *brushes off Uranus..er, I mean...* Ooooh, get God! Handbags at the dawn of time!}
• *WHATEVER BITCH MAKE ME A SANDWICH. AND NONE OF THAT MIRACLE WHIP SHIT*
• *mutters / grumbles / fixes a shit sandwich {with real shit}*
• Chyren's mind is starting to really scare me. How did his psychosis ended up splattered across this thread?
• Oh yeah. superweed. that's right.
• Day of the Cliffords!
• Chyren's mind is starting to scare you? Fuck, imagine what it's like being inside it. Now send me money.
• How's about some sweet, sweet lovin' instead? I'm a bit skint at the mo.
• *HOMO*
• I was offering your services, goddam skanky crack ho beyotch!
• *OH NO YOU DIDN'T!* /SNAP
• *Adjusts giant felt fedora / gets into very long bright red car* GET BACK TO WORK, BEYOTCH!
• SHUTUP
• *OH I'LL GET TO WORK ALL RIGHT. GET TO WORK FOR GOOD!!* *WAIT THAT DIDN'T COME OUT RIGHT. SAY YOUR LINE AGAIN.*
• I'm just glad that we haven't heard from Chy's intestinal parasites.
• ... I'll have what he's having.
• Goddam fluffer. And yes, I know what the other meaning of that word is.
• Stupid . . Like A FOX!
• ~Foxy Loxy here (see, wavy line, like my tail)- just what are you insinuating?~
• Man this thread got weird.
• I agree, un-. Some people on this site are complete nutcases. I keep asking tracy to ban them but she's all like "wooh wooh the tarot cards say no". Hippies, every damn one of 'em.
• You and me. We box.
• Ok, Ok, that does it,, I don't need any of this! I don't need this stuff, and I don't need you. I don't need anything except this (he picks up the ashtray) and that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this! The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. Well what are you looking at? What do you think I am, some kind of a jerk or something? And this! And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair." "And I don't need one other thing except my dog. (Shithead growls) Well I don't need my dog." ...
• Heh. Funny man make me laff.
• What a jerk.
• You're going to be living in a world of pain-based unhappiness, young lady, if you don't drop the attitude. And you can forget about the zoo on Saturday.
• *cries*
• COS WE'RE GOING TO SEALAND INSTEAD!! *swings koko up in the air / buys her an ice cream*
• I once had wealth, power, and the love of a beautiful woman.
• But you have your thermos.
• Meanwhile, in California, there's a bill in the works to prevent counties from banning GM crops. You'll have GM and you'll like it!
• Gosh. The simple *mention* of superweed caused all this altered mind-state threadmashing? Imagine when the real thing gets out in the streets.
• No thank you! Three's my limit on schnitzengruben!
• a torpour fell on their wits those appointed to settle the affairs of the earth let themselves be sucked into a dream of dollars nor woke to think of later consequence nor much besides pounds, shillings, pence
• uh... isn't this the anal massage in the fenlands thread?
• Amen Bees
• Don't they know they need to include a lysine contingency to keep the plants from manufacturing that amino acid on their own? Simpletons!
• I don't WANT to be exposed to your gaping frankenfood!
• Shut up and eat your broccoli.
• Did anyone consider just pulling the weed?
• Can I take it you're volunteering for that un-ending task? Tour England in the great outdoors! No matter what the promise of genetic engineering, whenever I need to be reminded of exactly what sort of irresponsible greedy morons are messing with it, I think back to an article that came out a few years ago just before the first GM crops were introduced. It came out that a graduate student had narrowly averted ecological disaster with some recent earlier version of GM crop. He got hold of some for a research project and discovered to his horror that the crop killed essential bacteria in the soil, rendering it barren for most other plant life. The GM crop designers, it turned out, had only ever grown the crop in sterile dirt in the lab, before widespread trials were planned. The 'scientists' weren't even smart enough to test it in real world conditions...and they're messing with our living environment.
• would love to see that report . . .
• Superweed indeed.
• superweed for super highs more headaches for enforcement guys
• Superweed needs superbong Makes supersmoke that's superstrong Turns superyes and superno To supergiggling superwoah
• Scientists create new crop of genetically modified crops
• Across the U.S. and the world, the timber industry is driving research behind genetically engineered forests. But environmentalists worry that it will open an ecological Pandora's Box.
• Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds
• Hydroponics should bypass the ubiquitous weed problem. But at what cost?
• Genetically Modified Canola 'Escapes' Farm Fields
• Welcome to the Age of GMO Industry Self-Regulation
• Self-regulation in the market place. Yeah. Right. We're so f*cked.
• Related thread on the Blue.
• Monsanto-Resistant Weeds Take Root, Raising Food Prices
• Monsanto Corn Plant Losing Bug Resistance
• Ha-Ha! May Monsanto rot in hell.
• Not to worry! Bullet-proof human skin in the GM hopper to deal with those pesky super bugs <:(!)
• Roundup weed killer is now turning up in rain and the air. And that has potentially devastating impacts on our health.
• Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning in France
• NOTE: Beware of standard-issue corn, cottonseed oil, canola oil, and soy beans.
• Pure oily evil, folks.
• Why Monsanto didn't expect Roundup-resistant weeds
• Nobody expects Roundup-resistant weeds. Their chief weapon is surprise. Surprise and fear. Their two weapons are fear and surprise. And ruthless efficiency. Their *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to Monsanto....
• How Mitt Romney Helped Monsanto Take Over the World
• I just can't read this tonight. Don't want to be all pissed off. Maybe tomorrow.
• Monsanto Wins Case Of Seed Patents; Planting Your Own Legally Purchased & Grown Seeds Can Be Infringing
• Monsanto Found Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in Landmark Case
• One small victory can make a landmark case now...
• Monsanto Says Rogue Wheat in Oregon May Be Sabotage
• Voracious Worm Evolves to Eat Biotech Corn Engineered to Kill It
• This will not end well.