plant dignity

Switzerland has not only that animal-rights regulation that leads off News of the Weird this week but a similar constitutional requirement for the "dignity" of plants
So now researchers, in order to make any kind of progress at all with genetic-modification, are having so explain how screwing up a plant's genes will somehow be dignified. Well, one project was OK because its modification was actually to protect a plant from fungus. But then, is there such a thing as genocide of fungi? Denialism blog via ScienceBlogs.com
     Posted By: Chuck - Mon Oct 13, 2008
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If that @#$#$ grape vine next to the drive way starts growing again next spring I'm going to dignify it once and for all by embedding some salt in it's roots.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/13/08 at 09:25 AM
Ok, exactly how far are we going to let this go?
Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 10/13/08 at 09:52 AM
What do you call a mushroom that walks into a bar and buys everybody a drink?







A real fungi.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/13/08 at 12:15 PM
Maxx, beware that unmarked package due on your doorstep any day now! :lol:
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/13/08 at 12:40 PM
Expat - The old lady accross the street always comes by and picks up packages for us so that they don't get stolen. She's expendable.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/13/08 at 12:47 PM
That is officially the worst joke I have ever heard.
Love it anyway!
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 10/13/08 at 01:14 PM
I've been waiting for weeks to post that one. I knew a story would come along eventually.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/13/08 at 01:20 PM
Beware the package, Maxx, someone may be planting evidence. Expat47 is the root of so many pranks around here.

Guys, we're reaching a critical point with al lthese puns these days. Maybe we should turn over a new leaf.
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 10/14/08 at 11:46 AM
Kingmonkey - You can't stop the puns from sprouting.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/14/08 at 11:50 AM
Someone should at least weed through the puns and prune the worst offenders.
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 10/14/08 at 04:40 PM
I think the puns are just starting to blossom.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/14/08 at 04:59 PM
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