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the mother of all stupid stories - this is a killer..lol
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:40 am
by Obadiah
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?!?"
Re: the mother of all stupid stories - this is a killer..lol
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:43 am
by feyd
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?!?"
first thing that went through my mind: meh.
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:56 am
by alex.barylski
I think it's really sad...

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:06 am
by Benjamin
I'm not sure I believe it.
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:20 am
by RobertGonzalez
You gotta admit, someone somewhere with a fundable interest in cold weather animals' genatalia is an admirable thing, isn't it?

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:28 am
by Obadiah
i dunno...im still laughing at it...lol...thats classic
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:43 am
by Chris Corbyn
I just look at the picture feeling all warm and fuzzy

Polar bears are canny.
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:11 pm
by jabbaonthedais
rofl, thats a very hillariously written article...
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:29 pm
by snowrhythm
has Mountain Dew got anything to do with this? maybe the bears never heard the old rumor...
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:20 pm
by Chris Corbyn
I'm going to go spend a week somewhere clean and fresh then see if anything gets and bigger. Oh.. that sounds all kinds of wrong... erm... that's because it is!
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:26 pm
by Obadiah
ROFLMAO....thats great
wait a second....do you think that might work?
just kidding
unless you think that might really would work

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:48 pm
by Buddha443556
... first thing that goes through your mind ...
Someone is actually getting paid to measure the genitals of Polar Bears!?

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:50 pm
by daedalus__
If mine shrunk due to pollution I would become Captain Planet.
Captain Planet with a rifle and a knife.

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:00 pm
by matt1019
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.
Hmm interesting!
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
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:45 pm
by Christopher
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.
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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.
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