Not too bad at all.
Though I'd rather hoped that my first anonymous threats would be more directly work-related.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:18, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I'm going to kill you for your beliefs on the subject of Human Genetic Engineering for the purposes of Medical Science
That kind of thing?
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:19, Reply)

It happens.
I've got colleagues for whom death threats are reasonably frequent.

Ironically, they're always from pro-lifers.

I think I'm a bit junior for death threats at the moment; I'll regard my first one as a kind of professional validation.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:21, Reply)

Stop giving me serious answers
I really will you know, you liberal gene fascist
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:23, Reply)

yeah, no one gives enough of a crap about that shit.
You actually have to be testing on animals or carrying out abortions. Intellectually musing on whether or not people have a right to die isn't quite as provocative as you like to think.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:21, Reply)

I spent an afternoon last week
in a room full of robots and genetically engineered monkeys.

How cool is that?
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:23, Reply)

*explodes*

( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:24, Reply)

Exactly.
It was fantastic.

I had to wear protective clothing an' everything!
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:24, Reply)

what were they engineered to do/be?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:26, Reply)

I can't remember what that project was.
But I sit on an animal research ethics committee; a lot of the proposals we consider involve GM animals, and every now and again we go to familiarise ourselves with the facilities in which they're held.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:28, Reply)

His grateful lovers

( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:28, Reply)

That goes without saying.
They squeak with delight.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:29, Reply)

That's not bad for a non-scientist like yourself.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:24, Reply)

I tried not to giggle like a schoolgirl...
Mostly, I succeeded.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:25, Reply)

Sadly, I missed out on the emus.
They'd been shipped out the previous week.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 12:28, Reply)