Wordie: Human-cow: Comments

Comment by sionnach, 6 months ago

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:16:23 +0000

'Cow-human cross embryo lives three days'

I'd be cross too if half my genetic material was bovine.

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:07:15 +0000

Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"—
I'm Sorry, now, I wrote it;
But I can tell you Anyhow
I'll Kill you if you Quote it!
-- Gelett Burgess, 1897

Comment by mollusque, 6 months ago

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:41:48 +0000

I never saw a purple cow;
I never hope to see one;
but I can tell you anyhow;
I'd rather see than be one!
--Gelett Burgess, 1895

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:19:21 +0000

Well, having never been one, I couldn't say. :-)

Comment by plethora, 6 months ago

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:30:22 +0000

The Girl Guide thing is pretty eew too, rt.

Comment by sionnach, 6 months ago

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:00:36 +0000

You just know that creepy Burger King dude is involved with this somehow.

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:56:13 +0000

Eew. Eew eew eew.

Not the Girl Guide thing; the human-cow thing.

Comment by plethora, 6 months ago

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:34:02 +0000

Well, no, fatal diseases aren't really part of my life's plan, but I was a Girl Guide, you know. I always like to be prepared.

Comment by bilby, 6 months ago

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:22:41 +0000

I do hope you're not making a habit of fatal diseases, plethora.

Comment by plethora, 6 months ago

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:07:52 +0000

So next time I have a fatal disease, I just need to harvest a human-cow embryo? Excellent.

Comment by bilby, 6 months ago

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:37:05 +0000

"HUMAN-cow embryos have been created in a world first at Newcastle University in England, hailed by the scientific community, but labelled 'monstrous' by opponents.
A team has grown hybrid embryos after injecting human DNA into eggs taken from cows' ovaries, which had most of their genetic material removed.
The embryos survived for three days and are intended to provide a limitless supply of stem cells to develop therapies for diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and spinal cord injuries, overcoming a worldwide shortfall in human embryos."
- 'Cow-human cross embryo lives three days', Grant McArthur in Herald Sun, 3 April 2008.