the mother of all stupid stories - this is a killer..lol
Moderator: General Moderators
the mother of all stupid stories - this is a killer..lol
ok, i bet you guys a beer and a order of hotwings that the first thing that goes through your mind then you read the headline is "What the Heck?!?"
- feyd
- Neighborhood Spidermoddy
- Posts: 31559
- Joined: Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:24 pm
- Location: Bothell, Washington, USA
Re: the mother of all stupid stories - this is a killer..lol
first thing that went through my mind: meh.Obadiah wrote:ok, i bet you guys a beer and a order of hotwings that the first thing that goes through your mind then you read the headline is "What the Heck?!?"
-
alex.barylski
- DevNet Evangelist
- Posts: 6267
- Joined: Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:00 pm
- Location: Winnipeg
- RobertGonzalez
- Site Administrator
- Posts: 14293
- Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:04 pm
- Location: Fremont, CA, USA
- Chris Corbyn
- Breakbeat Nuttzer
- Posts: 13098
- Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:57 am
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
-
jabbaonthedais
- Forum Contributor
- Posts: 127
- Joined: Wed Aug 18, 2004 12:08 pm
- snowrhythm
- Forum Commoner
- Posts: 75
- Joined: Thu May 04, 2006 1:14 pm
- Location: North Bay Area, CA
- Chris Corbyn
- Breakbeat Nuttzer
- Posts: 13098
- Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:57 am
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Buddha443556
- Forum Regular
- Posts: 873
- Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:51 pm
- daedalus__
- DevNet Resident
- Posts: 1925
- Joined: Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:52 pm
Hmm interesting!The icecap may not be the only thing shrinking in the Arctic. The genitals of polar bears in east Greenland are apparently dwindling in size due to industrial pollutants.
We pay researchers via taxes (which eventually trickles down to the researchers via govt.) for THISS?!!? to go and examine polar bear's genitals??
I gotta comeup with a decent reason to evade filing taxes from now on..... oh wait, I can't do that!
Funny how our money seems to find a way to be used for useless things.
Don't get me wrong, I know they are endangered species, but come-on! Invest the money (even if it's your own money you are conducting research with) into something productive such as.... investing in new technology etc. etc. etc.
But all on the serious note: I was laughing my arse off!!
Very very funny indeed (the title that is, and also some parts of the article as well)
-Matt
- Christopher
- Site Administrator
- Posts: 13596
- Joined: Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:54 pm
- Location: New York, NY, US
[rant]matt1019 wrote:We pay researchers via taxes (which eventually trickles down to the researchers via govt.) for THISS?!!? to go and examine polar bear's genitals??
I gotta comeup with a decent reason to evade filing taxes from now on..... oh wait, I can't do that!
Funny how our money seems to find a way to be used for useless things.
What's with the "my taxes are being wasted" idea that always seems to come up whenever the public finds out about acutal scientific research?!? Is the assumption that there is a highly paid team of Polar Bear Genetalia Specialists being flown up by private jet to inspect naughty bits once a week? Biologists check everything ... and last I checked, genitals are a key component of living things. At least the catchy headline got some people to read it. Plus it is from Denmark, not your taxes anyway. Thank goodness there are countries like Denmark who make some efforts to improve he planet while most other countries seem bent on destroying though a delightful combination of apathy and greed.
[/rant]
(#10850)