I hate to be the one to break it to you, but I fear we may soon see the end of free, unfettered access to lovely, scrubby exfoliation tools.
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Farewell, body puffs! Adieu, callous scrapers! Goodbye, washcloths! Au revoir, salty oily rubbing things! I'll miss you all terribly.
That's it. No more vigorous, refreshing sessions in the shower sloughing off dead skin.
All because some DAMNED scientists just went and grew entire whole new mice out of mouse skin cells. Go ahead, read it for yourself. I'll wait.
Image: AP
Oh, sure, you'll find stuff in that article about the positive side of skin-mice: growing new organs to replace failing ones, for example. Gene therapy. Curing diseases, blah blah blah, whatever whatever whatever.
That's all well and good. But I just know that "birthright" nuts (like the asshole who shot Dr. Tiller to death as he sat in church, thereby effectively ending access to safe abortion in Kansas) are going to be all concerned about this new development.
Because now it's not just a fertilized egg that's a potential human life. No, that simple time has ended.
From now on, thanks to the unholy meddling of some scientists, every goddamned skin cell on your ENTIRE BODY is a potential human being. Every last one. Your vacuum contains millions of you. Your hairbrush. Your toothbrush.
That's it. Game over.
If the pro-birthers (different than birthers, although there's probably a lot of overlap on one of those Gannt chart thingies) are serious about "protecting the most vulnerable among us," they're going to have to start straining the bathwater and setting up climate-controlled warehouses to keep the resulting gunk safe from heartless, marauding murderers.
Oh, lord. I can already see the protests outside of my favorite mani/pedi place. "Save the nail clippings! Death to the foot-sanders!"
That sort of thing.
Just watch.
You heard it here first.
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Great. Rated. Thanks.
Fuck em!
LOL
As for myself, I should go into the haz-mat files.
And the manufacturer's of dandruff shampoo go on Randall Terry's hit parade?
Rated.
Hmm.
This development gives a whole new meaning to "skinjobs."
Thank you. Rated.
According the guy on tv (You know LARRY) if your mattress is 8 years old it now weighs double what it did because of sweat and dead skin cells...seems like a ripe mining opportunity.
I think I am going to be sick now.
Buffy, I'm racing past you to be sick. Beat you to the toilet. You have to use the sink.
Don't forget to save the emittance for future-you harvesting.
I remember an episode of the Sopranos, where Tony is in Italy, and the gorgeous mafia boss he is doing business with has her servants collect her toe and fingernails after a pedicure so they they cannot be used to give her the "evil eye" or curse her. Yeah...so how creepy is it that they can grow a whole mouse from skin? It sure brings up a lotta questions! (I am NOT a pro-birther BTW...just morbidly curious about cloning.)
(Well, yeah, that's the point. :-)
That is fascinating (love the word "skindividuals"--nice and creepy). I wish I could add something intelligent, but your "Feh. Scientists." kinda said it all.
IMO, of course. ;-)
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Usually she says, "to make room for the babies!" But this time her answer was different:
mom: "You don't want to live to be 125 do you?"
denese: "Ewww. Certainly not!"
mom" "Well that's the only other option, the only other way out!"
Maybe this regenerating of a "new you" through skin cells will come to pass before she is outta here? But, would it be a new her that is regenerated or an old her (of the same age) that is generated...?
denese
Anyway, what? Skin cells used to clone? Actually, I'm game. They can clone me, as long as my clone goes to work.
Wait. Wasn't that a movie with Michael Keaton? I'm pretty sure hilarity ensued. So really, as long as hilarity ensues, what could go wrong? : )
Huh.
*Begins contemplating the clone army*
Emperor Bill. Has a nice ring to it.
I failed to see the greater implications!
Earlier this evening I pumiced and sugar scrubbed the bottoms of my feet until they were baby soft.
I destroyed an entire future army made of Athenian Owl Coins!!!
I shudder at the horror.
(rated while laughing)
Did you see the Doctor Who were they made children out of the Brit's fat? Adipose babies. Lovely.
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