Annie

Oh well. Not your fault if you can't understand my Derbyshire accent.

Stop press.........lamp takes over world.......read all about it!

Okay then. Anyone know Xena's email address?

I just want to know why my brain associates Bob Dole with pineapples.

WHY??

There must be some connection.

How about pineapples?

Do they grow pineapples in South Africa??

Why should I leave Xena alone?

Why can't I kick her ass?

Yep, I agree about the whole IQ thing actually. I was just using it as a qucker way to say intelligence.....i mean intelligence is such a long word to type, dammit......

And yep, my reasoning only works in so-called developed countries, or where contraceptives are freely available and not considered to be the work of the devil. But I still say, stupid people have more children than intelligent ones, and that's bad.

(And by the way, i'd kick Xena's ass......)

How does pretending to be a lamp help with the world domination plan??

My friend's dad is a vet (animal doctor type vet) and he's allowed guns.......so a psycho vet with guns could be a cool plot idea.......kinda like James Herriot meets Terminator.....

Well the Aussies tend to catch the ball with their hands directly over their head........so if they miss, they get a very hard and painful cricket ball in the face. So they learn to be good at catching to minimise the pain.

Englishmen catch the ball in front of their bodies, so if they miss, the ball hits the floor. No pain, therefore no incentive to get better at catching.

And that's why the Aussies always win.

Well I know handguns are not allowed. And you need a license to carry any other type of gun.

Except if you're a vet, scarily enough. They can have as many guns as they want without a license, handgun or otherwise........scary, eh?

Spudfairy, my dog Summer is way cooler than you.

####, I'm not even a vet yet.....

Well I have a Greek forename (I'm an Anna, not really an Annie at all),and a Welsh surname. Apparently this is not good......

The reason why the Aussies always win at cricket is because of the way they catch the ball. Believe it or not.

So who's the bloke with the pineapples? I thought Bob Dole made pineapples.

I want a polar bear.

Okay, you shandy-drinking soft southern poof.

By the way, Shades has changed it's name. It's now SINergy.

So, you gonna get to a session then? Would be cool to see you.

Who's Bob Dole? Is he the bloke who makes pineapples?

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Quote: from Golgotha on 10:50 pm on Aug. 12, 2001

don't mind spud - he's just a serial flamer.

You mean he sets fire to cornflakes?

Yeah, it would be hella cool to have your own little personal avatar that no one else could steal. Not that I'm in danger of anyone else using Gabrielle, I mean as far as I'm aware I'm the only active female member (at least in gen. chat.).

Hmmm........what would i use if I could design my own avatar......maybe a guinea pig........

So what about the Thorn that's stalking me? Is he a Thorn clone, or a Thorn clone clone? Or is it the real Thorn?

Either way, what the #### is it doing standing in my living room badly disguised as a table lamp?

Yep, genetic variation good.

Well Commodore, that's okay then.

I won't have to kill you now

(Edited by Annie at 7:23 pm on Aug. 14, 2001)

Anyway, I'm not sure why anyone would want to clone a human. The only real use it could have would be to grow new organs for people, as this would greatly reduce the risk of rejection when implanting.

The whole excuse about cloning children for childless couples is sickening to me. There are so many children who need adopting, so many children left to starve........and besides, if a couple are infertile that probably means that their genes are in some way flawed, and they should just take a hint.

I'm trying very hard not to sound like a eugeneticist here. I don't think we should decide who can pass on their genes for the good of the species, or that we should be striving towards creating the perfect race. But I believe that any species is continually being strengthened by selection, and that humans seem to try very hard to fight against any form of selection. In fact, we actively select for negative traits.......take the example of intelligence. People with a lower IQ tend to have more children than those with a high IQ, due to career choices and so on. Now if potential intelligence is determined by the genes (and I believe it is) then as a species we are actively increasing the frequency of the low-intelligence alleles in the gene pool, and therefore lowering the average intelligence of mankind as a whole. No other species does this.

The point I am actually trying to make is that in most cases of infertility, the problem is caused by a mutation of some kind which is not beneficial to our species. Is it really a good idea pass on faulty genes like this as part of some cloning experiment, or a future medical process? Not in my opinion.

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Quote: from COMMODORE69 on 12:24 am on Aug. 12, 2001

THIS IS WHY NOBODY CLONES CHESTERFIELD BIRDS.

Sounds pretty harsh and personal to me. But just in case it was actually a joke, let's all take a lesson from this and learn to make it clear when we're being serious, and when we're joking. I find using the winking smiley helps to indicate that the message is tongue-in-cheek and not intended to be taken seriously. For example:-

I hate you guys.

I hate you guys.

You see the difference?