[Kate Parker Adams]

Hah.  Gene Taylored Dancers!

And here I thought they were just lobotomized pre-teens doped with botox 
and sent to summer with the Osmonds until they simulated permanently happy 
preschoolers.  Either that or Stepford Children.

Silly me.

At 07:29 PM 12/18/02 -0500, Beth Curran wrote:
>Jeff, you don't know the ugly secret behind Barney.  Now it can be told:
>They breed those disgusting, sappy kids especially for that program on a
>ranch in Italy!  Yes, they're genetically engineered.  The alteration is
>known in the laboratory community as the MCE, short for the Miserably
>Cute Event.  This event contains four sequences:  first, a
>discipline-resistance gene, by which the children who inherited the gene
>can be separated from their non-altered peers.  The CaMV (Can always
>Motivate Vomiting) promoter, derived from the plant which is the source
>of syrup of ipecac, precedes the coupled Dumb Dancing and Shrill Voice
>sequences, followed by the NOS (Never Out of Smiles) terminator.  The
>vector for introduction of the altered gene was a plasmid which
>unintentionally contributed the Stereotypical Middle-Class White
>Behavior gene, also known as the Opie Event, which is doubly expressed
>in any non-Caucasian unfortunate enough to have inherited it.
>
>The leader of the research group which developed this new and offensive
>species was confined to his laboratory after chasing his new creations
>down the halls of academia armed with a gene gun.  The University board
>faulted him for not using an AK-47, thus permitting his creations to
>enter general society.  It is thought, however, that natural selection
>will eventually take care of the problem, as no one in their right mind
>will mate with these creatures when they reach spotty and unattractive
>puberty.
>
>Any questions?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff and Jane Scott [mailto:jscott@iinet.net.au]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 8:19 AM
>To: Beth Curran; powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
>Subject: RE: [Powderworks] Re: what have I done?
>
>At 17-12-02 08:46 PM -0500, Beth Curran wrote:
> >Ha!  You're talking to the woman who managed to raise 2 kids in a
> >completely Barney-free environment!  One of my proudest achievements to
> >date, I must say - Beth
>
>
>what's wrong with Barney?  I mean obviously he's got nothing on the
>Wiggles, but I've seen worse.
>
>
>jeff...
>
>PS my three year old is getting a drum kit for christmas - i'll keep you
>
>posted on progress.
>
>
>
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