RE: Big Drumsticks

[Ronn! Blankenship]

At 09:50 AM Friday 4/13/2007, Horn, John wrote:
> > On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship
> >
> > (part of )
> >
>I gotta say I've not seen this site before.  And it gave me a very good
>laugh this morning when I needed it.  Very funny.  I'll have to read it
>all when I get a chance.  Thanks for posting it.


You're welcome.  The pages at that site are only 
an excerpt from the book, which is long out of 
print (I've heard of copies selling for something 
like $85 on-line — iirc it was $5.95 when I got 
my copy when it came out) and won a 1986 Hugo.


-- Ronn!  :)



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RE: Big Drumsticks

[Horn, John]

> On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship
> 
> (part of )
> 
I gotta say I've not seen this site before.  And it gave me a very good
laugh this morning when I needed it.  Very funny.  I'll have to read it
all when I get a chance.  Thanks for posting it.

 - jmh


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Re: Big Drumsticks

[Ronn! Blankenship]

At 06:09 AM Friday 4/13/2007, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> > "CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tiny bits of protein extracted from a 68-
> > million- year-old dinosaur bone have given scientists the first
> > genetic proof  that the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex is a distant cousin
> > to the modern  chicken."
> >
>This bit of information is irrelevant. Since we all descend from the
>proto-amphibian "Adam" and "Eve", they might as well said that T.rex
>is a distant cousin of the modern frog, or the modern rat, or the
>modern snake.
>
>The *big* question is: is the T.rex a _less_ distant cousin
>to the modern chicken then it's a cousin to the modern frog, rat or
>snake?


I guess it would help to know if it clucks, croaks, squeaks, or hisses . . .


Unless It's Most Closely Related To Parrots And Can Learn To Speak Maru


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Re: Big Drumsticks

[Alberto Monteiro]

> "CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tiny bits of protein extracted from a 68-
> million- year-old dinosaur bone have given scientists the first 
> genetic proof  that the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex is a distant cousin 
> to the modern  chicken."
> 
This bit of information is irrelevant. Since we all descend from the
proto-amphibian "Adam" and "Eve", they might as well said that T.rex
is a distant cousin of the modern frog, or the modern rat, or the
modern snake.

The *big* question is: is the T.rex a _less_ distant cousin
to the modern chicken then it's a cousin to the modern frog, rat or
snake?

Alberto Monteiro

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Re: Big Drumsticks

[Ronn! Blankenship]

At 07:23 PM Thursday 4/12/2007, William T Goodall wrote:
>http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1231500620070412?
>feedType=RSS
>
>"CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tiny bits of protein extracted from a 68-million-
>year-old dinosaur bone have given scientists the first genetic proof
>that the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex is a distant cousin to the modern
>chicken."
>
>Tastes Like Maru








(part of )



Breaking News: Scientist Crosses Chicken With Octopus So Everyone At 
The Table Can Have A Drumstick Maru


-- Ronn!  :)



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