Sometimes you just have to slap your forehead and go "Gee, I wish I'd thought of that!" I mean, thank goodness there are scientists and inventors who will solve problems we didn't even know we had and create new things that we didn't even know we needed. Here's a perfect example...glow-in-the-dark sheep!Yes, a group of scientist in Uruguay have solve the age old problem of sheep getting lost in the dark. They attached a protein of a fluorescent jellyfish to the DNA of a sheep to see if they could breed an otherwise healthy sheep that glows. And, voila, we are saved! [Don't tell T-Rav, but other scientists have done the same thing to kittens!]
The funny thing is I can't think of a single use for a sheep that glows...in the dark. But then I was skeptical when they put cameras on phones and now I can't live without that! Let me know if you can think of any uses for these sheep OR any other stuff that might be useful if it could glow in the dark. We could give a list to the scientists.
Just for the record, when they do stuff like this in the movies, it never turns out well...
As usual, please feel free to change the subject at anytime.
This reminds me a fascinating philosophical question. Why do Scottish men wear kilts? Sheep can hear zippers. ;)
ReplyDeleteBev, I agree, this stuff never turns out well. I can see us all dying in a few years from a demonic, glowing sheep plague.
ReplyDeleteAs for what purpose there would be in making sheep glow in the dark... hmm. You got me. At least hey don't sing or hum loudly.
The funny thing is I can't think of a single use for a sheep that glows...in the dark.
ReplyDeleteSorry I couldn't resist:
Baaaaa!
"Honestly officer. I was only helping the sheep over the fence. I don't know how my pants fell down?"
ReplyDeleteGlowing sheep? It must be a conspiracy to help poachers.
Now if they could come up with something to make people glow. Now that would be glowing cash cow.
That would have been real popular with ravers back in the nineties and early 2000's.
They glow under ultraviolet light, that sucks. It would only be impressive if they glowed without shining an ultraviolet on them. But they would go along with black light posters and laser shows.
Duh! Glow-in-the-dark sweaters.
ReplyDeleteTryanmax! That's a great idea! I can think of "literally" a million...well, hundreds....well, maybe...umm,hmmm...one use for a glow in the dark sweater, but it's really a great one - Blacklight Disco!!!
ReplyDeleteCommander Max - Okay, so I might have overstated how much the sheep glow, but I can see them being very popular with by '60's stoners and aging rock stars. Hey, there could be a huge market because they are all baby-boomers.
ReplyDeleteK- Thanks for the clip! Gene Wilder is a genius.
ReplyDeleteGlow-in-the-dark kittens, what?
ReplyDeleteHEY! Who told T-Rav about the kittens?? Come on, confess! That was a secret. I was very clear in the brackets that no one is supposed to be able to read if their name appears. I mean it was even italicized for extra security! Now I know exactly how the Obama Administration must feel about security breaches (or is that breeches?). I am very disappointed...
ReplyDeleteBlacklight disco! Awesome! :)
ReplyDeleteOkay, totally innocuous question here, but has there been any success weaponizing this stuff? Just for argument's sake....
ReplyDeleteWeaponized glowing sheep? That sounds like a Monty Python skit. LOL!
ReplyDeleteShort answer - "Why do you want to know?"
ReplyDeleteLong-ish answer - It is mostly used for bio-medical research. By developing the technique of ataching markers to certain bacteria/virus scientists can "better understand how diseases develop in humans and animals". I am sure SOMEONE can develop a way to weaponize it. It has "apocolypse" written all over it.
Bev, If they can make you glue when you have diseases then it will be easy to spot sick people. "Oh look, Bob's glowing green. Better not eat the cookies he brought from home today."
ReplyDeleteOr "the government" could disseminate glow-genes to "mark" their enemies OR friends. It activates a certain color depending on ones political thought waves. Uh, oh, this is very much like something I read in that Revelations based "Left Behind" series that I really, really wish I had not read.
ReplyDeleteBev, The government has no enemies... just friends it hasn't robbed blind yet.
ReplyDeleteBTW, Good story on the World Trade Center rebuild and the hoisting of the spire: LINK.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I couldn't see it because it appears to have been hoisted from the north side and doesn't look to be in place yet.
ReplyDeleteAt the same time they were removing a newly discovered piece of landing gear from an enclosed alley way behind the never to be Park51 mosque building. There is some speculation that it may have been planted there, but so far appears to have landed there all on its own.
LINK
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
ReplyDeletePlanted there? Honestly, I'm sick of hearing from these nutjobs. Disgusting people.
ReplyDeleterlaWTX, Yes. ;)
ReplyDeleterlaWTX: Uh, my android phone has dreams? I will never trust it again.
ReplyDeleteAndrew - I think the "plant" rumor has been pressed by the Park51 mosque people. It has actually dropped fairly quickly once there was an investigation.
ReplyDeleteBev, yes it does, but not of electric sheep. 4G sheep, yes.
ReplyDelete4G sheep. LOL!! Bravo.
ReplyDeleteBev, The mother of "speedbump" and his brother, the Boston bombers, is a 9/11 conspiracy theorist too. They should deport her to the middle of the Atlantic.
Andrew - "speedbump"...Nice! I think I will start referring to him that way. Frankly, this is where I think Obama should drone her and be done with it...
ReplyDeleteT-Rav - Is the Apple version "ISheep"? Well, actually that would be the name of the people (sheeple?) who camp out for days to be the first to have the latest Apple product.