God forbid indeed, Candice. But unfortunately humanity, including
scientists, doesn't.
For instance, we could have readily engineered MacDonalds operatives
(available to the poor) instinctively ready to jump into their jump-suits.
But I still think poets should glow in the dark ( sorry to keep banging on
about this).
Naturally, that is.
david b
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Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: Andy
> And NOT, says ANDi's creator, Gerald P. Schatten, to monkey
> genetically with human beings. "God forbid anybody did this in a
> human," he added (disingenuously?). --Candice
>
>
> >You got it right. The idea is to breed monkeys susceptible to diseases
that
> >we get and they don't for use in medical research.
> >
> >Mark
> >
> >At 10:15 PM 1/12/2001 -0000, Geraldine Monk wrote:
> >>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
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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