With logic like this Mark they should have been poets.
But where does that leave Mary Shelley?
G
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:11
Subject: Re: Andy
>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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