Sidebar request for chicken genome sequencing!

December 13, 2004 6:10 PM

Should there be a sidebar mention of the insider perspective on the International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium provided by grouse?
posted by srboisvert to MetaFilter-Related at 6:10 PM (15 comments total)

What's the matter? Chicken?
posted by Pretty_Generic at 6:27 PM on December 13, 2004

I guess so, based on past sidebar mentions. I'm not sure what the purpose of those sidebar mentions is, though. To show that real professional people with actual expertise populate MeFi?
posted by scarabic at 6:45 PM on December 13, 2004

I'm so putting that on my resume somewhere. But would it go under professional affiliation or hobby? Maybe I should just have a reference:

Bob Smith, Target Superstore Team Leader

Grouse, member of the International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium
posted by Stan Chin at 6:51 PM on December 13, 2004

It's so we can blame him when some monstrous, genetically modified chickenish thing kills us all. ; >
posted by amberglow at 7:29 PM on December 13, 2004

It wasn't that interesting.
posted by greasy_skillet at 7:38 PM on December 13, 2004

"when some monstrous, genetically modified chickenish thing kills us all." - This being Metafilter I'm betting it will be a giant cock.
posted by arse_hat at 7:46 PM on December 13, 2004

*looms, terrifyingly*
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:48 PM on December 13, 2004

Wow. Look at the size of that looming cock!
posted by five fresh fish at 8:06 PM on December 13, 2004

*notices bucket is full, clears throat loudly*
posted by bdave at 8:36 PM on December 13, 2004

This "chicken genome sequencing" - that's just a eupehmism for jerking off chickens into a bucket, one after the other, right?
posted by scarabic at 10:18 PM on December 13, 2004

*waggles it a bit, saucily*
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:39 PM on December 13, 2004

*is rather upset by that, actually*
posted by metaculpa at 11:26 PM on December 13, 2004

*is quite aroused by that, moistly*
posted by tizzie at 5:00 AM on December 14, 2004

You cold-hearted bastards!

My post was so beautiful once. It had everything: cutting edge science, fancy chicken variety packs, women who love their poultry too much, a really awful pun, and commentary from a grouse who works with the International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium (NOT to be confused with the International Chicken Polymorphism Map Consortium).

But now?

Now it just all seems dirty and cheepcheepcheep.
posted by naomi at 6:22 AM on December 14, 2004

There was a big discussion on the chickenanalysis mailing list today about our next project. We're going to figure out exactly what it is that makes stavros so wonderful. Stavros, please bring a blood sample to the next meetup.

My contribution hardly compares to the similar contributions on the sidebar, except for the absurdity value.
posted by grouse at 1:28 PM on December 14, 2004