One of my greatest fears in high school was showing up on a public holiday without realising that it was a day off.
The other fear was instead of saying the word ‘organism’ in biology I would say ‘orgasm’. I never did, at least not in class but there was a politician who in Parliament today did that very thing, not once but twice.
I feel really bad for him, well as bad as I can for a politician:
“I support the member for McMillan’s call for the government to conduct an independent broad-ranging scientific investigation into the genetic modification of food and biotechnology to assess not only the health of the crops and the food, but also the potential for contamination, the commercial implications for Australian primary industry, and the benefits and risks associated with genetically modified orgasms, orgasms,”
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23802124-13762,00.html
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04/06/2008 at 9:27 am Permalink
Eeek! I bet his heart dropped to his stomach when he realized what he said.
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04/06/2008 at 10:08 am Permalink
Oh dear, the poor thing.
I wonder, do they (GM orgasms) feel any any different to non GM ones????
04/06/2008 at 12:00 pm Permalink
lol.
I dared my daughter to use the word ‘masticate’in science.Everyone thought she had said something else.
She won $5.
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04/06/2008 at 6:26 pm Permalink
Would there be a physical risk?
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04/06/2008 at 7:15 pm Permalink
I saw that. I laughed so hard I choked on my Cherry Ripe. I think it was the universes way of saying I shouldn’t have eaten a Cherry Ripe twin pack…
Took me ages to get all the spittle and coconut off my laptop.
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05/06/2008 at 10:46 am Permalink
Are you absolutely, 100% certain you never said ‘orgasm’ instead of ‘organism’ in high school biology?
05/06/2008 at 10:53 am Permalink
lol @ Gemisht!
*wonders off wandering how one would go about GM-ing an orgasm*
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05/06/2008 at 11:12 am Permalink
Joanna - yeah I felt pretty bad for him like I said, if they ever put the footage online and I find it I’ll post a link but he looks pretty terrified in the first place.
05/06/2008 at 11:13 am Permalink
Gemisht - well apparently there are ‘benefits and risks’ associated with them so I can only assume GM orgasms are awesome!!
05/06/2008 at 11:14 am Permalink
Widdle Shamrock - there are some countries they would consider that child abuse
But hey if you’re going to have kids why shouldn’t you bet them to say ’scientific’ things.
05/06/2008 at 11:16 am Permalink
Arjan - well there is some sort of contamination risk so maybe this guy has a point.
05/06/2008 at 11:18 am Permalink
Kelley - Great now I need to put a warning on the site advising not to eat Cherry Ripes whilst reading this blog may cause spittle.
05/06/2008 at 11:20 am Permalink
Ian, I’m reasonably sure. I’m pretty certain it would have scarred me fairly deep. I know a couple of others did. I said plenty of other dumb stuff but that was generally on purpose… generally.
05/06/2008 at 11:21 am Permalink
Bettina - I’m pretty certain if we knew how to a lot less would get done during the day
05/06/2008 at 11:34 am Permalink
What? And that’s a bad thing?
lol
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05/06/2008 at 11:39 am Permalink
Well there would be a hell of lot less fighting
10/06/2008 at 6:07 pm Permalink
At last, a politician that managed to turn the very serious GM debate into a sexy topic.
11/06/2008 at 2:42 pm Permalink
Hahaha. ROTFL. I wish the video was online on Youtube. Would have got a million hits by now.
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