OT, but I love it

Duke of URL wrote:
"Marina" wrote in message
...
"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers"
wrote

The BBC has an online article about the farm in Alaska which
injects dye into chicken eggs so that when the eggs hatch, the
chicks come out in various colours, such as green, pink, blue and
the like. The article is at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3615191.stm
The bit I find hilarious is towards the end it says, "The dye,
which the farm insists does not contain chemicals, is injected into
ordinary chicken eggs a few weeks before Easter."

Err, just what do the farm people think a dye is made of?
*Everything*
is
made of chemicals ;-)

LOL! Reminds me of the brand of chick peas that I used to buy. The
manufacturers solemnly declared on the packet that they had been
"grown biologically". Excuse me? Growth is always a biological
process, however much e.g. insecticide you spray on the plant. ;o)


"Contains Only Natural, Organic Ingredients" ... Arsenic is natural,
so is Cyanide; Hemlock is Organic.

Belladonna, certain types of mushrooms... gee, there are so many

Jill

Jo Firey wrote:
"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers"
wrote in message ...
The BBC has an online article about the farm in Alaska which injects
dye into chicken eggs so that when the eggs hatch, the chicks come
out in various colours

But this is hardly new. They did it all the time when I was a kid
(Back in the fifties) And I can attest that the colored chicks grow
up just fine. After having to find homes for two after their feathers
came in, my folks quite letting me get them. I mean we did live in
an apartment and one was a little rooster.

Jo

Well what did they expect little chicks to do? They grow into full grown
chickens (and roosters!) Either build a coop on the roof of the apartment
building and gather eggs or get rid of the chickens ROFL

Jill

Jo Firey wrote:
"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers"
wrote in message ...
The BBC has an online article about the farm in Alaska which injects
dye into chicken eggs so that when the eggs hatch, the chicks come
out in various colours

But this is hardly new. They did it all the time when I was a kid
(Back in the fifties) And I can attest that the colored chicks grow
up just fine. After having to find homes for two after their feathers
came in, my folks quite letting me get them. I mean we did live in
an apartment and one was a little rooster.

Jo

Well what did they expect little chicks to do? They grow into full grown
chickens (and roosters!) Either build a coop on the roof of the apartment
building and gather eggs or get rid of the chickens ROFL

Jill

Marina wrote:

"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" wrote
The BBC has an online article about the farm in Alaska which injects dye
into
chicken eggs so that when the eggs hatch, the chicks come out in various
colours, such as green, pink, blue and the like. The article is at

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3615191.stm


The bit I find hilarious is towards the end it says, "The dye, which the
farm
insists does not contain chemicals, is injected into ordinary chicken eggs
a
few weeks before Easter."

Err, just what do the farm people think a dye is made of? *Everything* is
made
of chemicals ;-)

LOL! Reminds me of the brand of chick peas that I used to buy. The
manufacturers solemnly declared on the packet that they had been "grown
biologically". Excuse me? Growth is always a biological process, however
much e.g. insecticide you spray on the plant. ;o)

The term that cracks me up is "organic" - for the same reasons.
Especially "organic milk" - so long as it comes from a cow, what else
COULD it be but "organic"? But you now find "fat free half-and-half" in
the dairy case, too - an oxymoron if ever there was one! (For our non
USA readers, "half and half" is a mixture of half cream and half milk -
how can you have "fat free" cream?)



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Marina wrote:

"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" wrote
The BBC has an online article about the farm in Alaska which injects dye
into
chicken eggs so that when the eggs hatch, the chicks come out in various
colours, such as green, pink, blue and the like. The article is at

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3615191.stm


The bit I find hilarious is towards the end it says, "The dye, which the
farm
insists does not contain chemicals, is injected into ordinary chicken eggs
a
few weeks before Easter."

Err, just what do the farm people think a dye is made of? *Everything* is
made
of chemicals ;-)

LOL! Reminds me of the brand of chick peas that I used to buy. The
manufacturers solemnly declared on the packet that they had been "grown
biologically". Excuse me? Growth is always a biological process, however
much e.g. insecticide you spray on the plant. ;o)

The term that cracks me up is "organic" - for the same reasons.
Especially "organic milk" - so long as it comes from a cow, what else
COULD it be but "organic"? But you now find "fat free half-and-half" in
the dairy case, too - an oxymoron if ever there was one! (For our non
USA readers, "half and half" is a mixture of half cream and half milk -
how can you have "fat free" cream?)



--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

jmcquown wrote:

Jo Firey wrote:
"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers"
wrote in message ...
The BBC has an online article about the farm in Alaska which injects
dye into chicken eggs so that when the eggs hatch, the chicks come
out in various colours

But this is hardly new. They did it all the time when I was a kid
(Back in the fifties) And I can attest that the colored chicks grow
up just fine. After having to find homes for two after their feathers
came in, my folks quite letting me get them. I mean we did live in
an apartment and one was a little rooster.

Jo

Well what did they expect little chicks to do? They grow into full grown
chickens (and roosters!) Either build a coop on the roof of the apartment
building and gather eggs or get rid of the chickens ROFL

Ummmm.... depends upon where you live, Jill - some places, a chicken
coop on the roof of an apartment building is not a legal option (it has
to do with zoning laws). I once knew some people who lived in La Canada
(California) which at that time, although very urban, still had rural
zoning. They kept a few chickens in their back yard, not just as pets,
but for the eggs. They gave me a couple to take home with me (eggs, I
mean). If you've never eaten REALLY fresh eggs, you don't know what
you're missing!

jmcquown wrote:

Jo Firey wrote:
"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers"
wrote in message ...
The BBC has an online article about the farm in Alaska which injects
dye into chicken eggs so that when the eggs hatch, the chicks come
out in various colours

But this is hardly new. They did it all the time when I was a kid
(Back in the fifties) And I can attest that the colored chicks grow
up just fine. After having to find homes for two after their feathers
came in, my folks quite letting me get them. I mean we did live in
an apartment and one was a little rooster.

Jo

Well what did they expect little chicks to do? They grow into full grown
chickens (and roosters!) Either build a coop on the roof of the apartment
building and gather eggs or get rid of the chickens ROFL

Ummmm.... depends upon where you live, Jill - some places, a chicken
coop on the roof of an apartment building is not a legal option (it has
to do with zoning laws). I once knew some people who lived in La Canada
(California) which at that time, although very urban, still had rural
zoning. They kept a few chickens in their back yard, not just as pets,
but for the eggs. They gave me a couple to take home with me (eggs, I
mean). If you've never eaten REALLY fresh eggs, you don't know what
you're missing!

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On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 18:19:59 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:



Marina wrote:

"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers"
wrote
The BBC has an online article about the farm in Alaska which
injects dye
into
chicken eggs so that when the eggs hatch, the chicks come out in
various colours, such as green, pink, blue and the like. The
article is at

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3615191.stm


The bit I find hilarious is towards the end it says, "The dye,
which the
farm
insists does not contain chemicals, is injected into ordinary
chicken eggs
a
few weeks before Easter."

Err, just what do the farm people think a dye is made of?
*Everything* is
made
of chemicals ;-)

LOL! Reminds me of the brand of chick peas that I used to buy. The
manufacturers solemnly declared on the packet that they had been
"grown biologically". Excuse me? Growth is always a biological
process, however much e.g. insecticide you spray on the plant. ;o)

The term that cracks me up is "organic" - for the same reasons.
Especially "organic milk" - so long as it comes from a cow, what
else COULD it be but "organic"? But you now find "fat free
half-and-half" in the dairy case, too - an oxymoron if ever there
was one! (For our non USA readers, "half and half" is a mixture of
half cream and half milk - how can you have "fat free" cream?)

When I was in eighth grade, there was a question on a science test,
asking you to define an "organic chemical". I gave the definition
found in the textbook, "a chemical compound containing carbon." As
far as I know, this is still the standard definition. However, my
teacher graded the question as wrong. When I pointed this out to
her, she said that she disagreed with the textbook's definition. Her
definition, which I don't recall ever hearing her mention in class,
was that an organic chemical was one that living organisms made, and
that humans hadn't learned how to synthesize. Once we knew how to
make a given chemical by nonliving means, it ceased to be an organic
chemical, even if the batch of chemical in question had in fact been
made by a living organism. I didn't bother to go over her head to
the principal, but, had I done so, I probably could have gotten her
"false" ruling on my answer reversed, since what I had written
matched what the textbook said.

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On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 18:19:59 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:



Marina wrote:

"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers"
wrote
The BBC has an online article about the farm in Alaska which
injects dye
into
chicken eggs so that when the eggs hatch, the chicks come out in
various colours, such as green, pink, blue and the like. The
article is at

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3615191.stm


The bit I find hilarious is towards the end it says, "The dye,
which the
farm
insists does not contain chemicals, is injected into ordinary
chicken eggs
a
few weeks before Easter."

Err, just what do the farm people think a dye is made of?
*Everything* is
made
of chemicals ;-)

LOL! Reminds me of the brand of chick peas that I used to buy. The
manufacturers solemnly declared on the packet that they had been
"grown biologically". Excuse me? Growth is always a biological
process, however much e.g. insecticide you spray on the plant. ;o)

The term that cracks me up is "organic" - for the same reasons.
Especially "organic milk" - so long as it comes from a cow, what
else COULD it be but "organic"? But you now find "fat free
half-and-half" in the dairy case, too - an oxymoron if ever there
was one! (For our non USA readers, "half and half" is a mixture of
half cream and half milk - how can you have "fat free" cream?)

When I was in eighth grade, there was a question on a science test,
asking you to define an "organic chemical". I gave the definition
found in the textbook, "a chemical compound containing carbon." As
far as I know, this is still the standard definition. However, my
teacher graded the question as wrong. When I pointed this out to
her, she said that she disagreed with the textbook's definition. Her
definition, which I don't recall ever hearing her mention in class,
was that an organic chemical was one that living organisms made, and
that humans hadn't learned how to synthesize. Once we knew how to
make a given chemical by nonliving means, it ceased to be an organic
chemical, even if the batch of chemical in question had in fact been
made by a living organism. I didn't bother to go over her head to
the principal, but, had I done so, I probably could have gotten her
"false" ruling on my answer reversed, since what I had written
matched what the textbook said.

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John F. Eldredge --
PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

John F. Eldredge had some very interesting
things to say about OT, but I love it:

When I was in eighth grade, there was a question on a science test,
asking you to define an "organic chemical". I gave the definition
found in the textbook, "a chemical compound containing carbon." As
far as I know, this is still the standard definition. However, my
teacher graded the question as wrong. When I pointed this out to
her, she said that she disagreed with the textbook's definition. Her
definition, which I don't recall ever hearing her mention in class,
was that an organic chemical was one that living organisms made, and
that humans hadn't learned how to synthesize. Once we knew how to
make a given chemical by nonliving means, it ceased to be an organic
chemical, even if the batch of chemical in question had in fact been
made by a living organism. I didn't bother to go over her head to
the principal, but, had I done so, I probably could have gotten her
"false" ruling on my answer reversed, since what I had written
matched what the textbook said.

FWIW, your answer is the correct one, TTBOMM.

My DH gets aggravated by the "organic" label applied to foods, too.
His usual comment is along the lines of "OK, so if there are foods
that are *not* organic, why can't I find silicon-based carrots
anywhere?" [using carrots as an example]

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