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Dear Genetically unModified I hope the moral is that Andy is still there and refusing to glow to order. I seem to remember that Dolly the sheep had a similar history of carnage behind her (unself-sought) creation. I am giving up the fags at the weekend. The howls might surpass Andy's. david b ----- Original Message ----- From: Geraldine Monk <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 10:15 PM Subject: Re: Andy > Injected with the glowy-stuff from Jelly fish David. But > the monkeys that glowed died. The one that didn't glow (Andy) > is still alive. There's a moral there somewhere but I don't know > what it is and something is definitely happening but I don't know > what it is. Do you Mr Jones? I find it deeply disturbing. I hope > they don't give Andy a bad time because he refuses to glow. > And what were those unearthly noises outside my bedroom > window last night? The tortured spirit-howl of Andy across the > darkened world? > Doesn't encourage one to give up the fags and booze. > Best, > G. > P.S. I never minding sharing my initials with Greenwich Meantime > but daily I am now confronted with my initials standing for Genetically > Modified. Most upsetting. Think I'll modify my name. > > -----Original Message----- > From: david.bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Friday, January 12, 2001 08:39 > Subject: Re: Andy > > > >Sounds like a load of monkey business to me, Mark. > > > >Ouch. Oh dear. > > > >Someone was telling me, earlier today, in great detail, how Andy was made > >phosphorescent. Something to do with fish. But after I woke up, from my > >sudden profound sleep, I couldn't remember the minutae. > > > >But I still think the idea of poets that glow in the dark is attractive. > >Almost a credo, there. > > > >david bircumshaw > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > >Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:51 AM > >Subject: Re: Andy > > > > > >> The headline on Netscape was "Scientists Genetically Alter Monkey." Which > >> seemed to me a monumental lost opportunity. How often does one expect the > >> chance to say "Scientists Monkey with Monkey?" > >> > >> At 11:00 PM 1/11/2001 -0000, david.bircumshaw wrote: > >> >Speechless almost: > >> > > >> >the TV news has just informed me that 'scientists' have now, through > >genetic > >> >modification, and Cambridge, and, I believe, Oregon, just developed ' a > >> >monkey that glows in the dark'. He's called Andy. > >> >Apparently the research is to do with Parkinson's Disease. But I am glad > >to > >> >say that Andy is refusing at present to glow at night. > >> >So there's some hope there. > >> >But I wouldn't mind being a poet that glows in the dark. > >> >Without assistance. > >> > > >> >db > >> > > >> >