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Re: Limbless monkeys
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lugnet.loc.au
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Fri, 26 May 2000 04:45:40 GMT
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Hmmmm
Now Richard, you told us what you were drinking and what you were eating, but
what other substances were circulating round the old blood stream? C'mon fess
up! LOL
Rachel :-)
In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
> Dave Low wrote in message ...
> > In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
> > > On a lesser point, it is surprising to me that there is all this kerfuffel • in
> > > the press about growing human organs and limbs in/on other species,
> > > as though its a whole new deal. I've been using monkeys as a source
> > > of brown arms and yellow hands for quite a while now......is that wrong?
> > It depends -- have you got ethics committee approval?
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> Uhh huh.
>
> My glass of single malt scotch whisky and I discussed the issue in detail
> with some most excellent extra buttery shortbread, and we decided
> (unanimously I might add) that these were probably not in fact luminescent
> mauve rhinos goose-stepping through my lounge room, that we should bring
> back Dougie, and that the rendering limbless of monkey figs, in the interest
> of minifig quality of life was perfectly reasonable, and a <<expletive
> indicating passionate endorsement deleted>> fine show.
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> After all, we found that if you gave the limbs back at some point, the
> monkey was fine. We decided that in point of fact we were only *borrowing*
> monkey limbs, and since the monkeys themselves had not complained, there was
> no cause of action.
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> At that point, one of the non-existent luminescent mauve rhinos accidentally
> knocked the room off its gimbals, and it took quite a bit of concentration
> to get it back on again without falling off the lounge chair.
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> By the time we had done that, the monkeys had turned into turnips that had
> grown into rude and amusing shapes, so the whole thing seemed a bit moot.
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> Still, it seems to me the judgement stands, no?
>
> Richard
> Still baldly going...
>
> Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/port/
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| Dave Low wrote in message ... (...) in (...) Uhh huh. My glass of single malt scotch whisky and I discussed the issue in detail with some most excellent extra buttery shortbread, and we decided (unanimously I might add) that these were probably not (...) (24 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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