UKNM: RE: GM and stuff.

[John Braithwaite]

I seem to remember a primary school genetic selection experiment where you

cross breed two types of pea. The one being small, shrivelled and sweet, the

other being big, shiny and tasteless - but infinitely more marketable of

course.


JB Writes:

It reminds me of a great anecdote about a professor who received a letter

from a model in the sixties who said that she hadn't found the right man in

her life, but desperately wanted a child. She had searched the UK and was

convinced that this professor's intellect, coupled with her good looks would

be a perfect combination.


The professor wrote back, turning her down with this 'warning' - "your

proposal seems interesting, however have you considered what would happen if

your child had my looks and your intellect?".... she didn't get back to him.


Which also reminds me of what happened when they cross bred bees in South

America in the seventies/eighties - supposedly to get the best out of a

docile, but low output bee variety and an aggressive, high yield bee

variety..... Killer Bees anyone. Currently in South America, Central America

and heading North at about 30 miles a year (the Americans didn't quite build

their tests far enough away - should have taken the advice of the French -

re. Nuclear Testing!).


Cheers



John B


P.S. Eddie Stobard is also a Christian. No-one has yet considered that this

may have had affect on his business - it may be useful to consider the

impact in dealing with someone where 'bottom line' is not the first point on

the agenda!



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