Don't get me started.iain wrote:and bananas!
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OK, then, GET me started. What's happening with bananas? Are they contracting some kind of virulent fungus which is about to wipe our yellow friends from the face of the earth, or are you talking about your own personal supply which you plan to have for breakfast?iain wrote:Well we'd better enjoy them while we can, it seems they won't be around for much longer!
iain wrote:Well, all bananas have the same dna. ie all the bananas in the world come from the one big parent banana. So... if a banana disease comes about, it'll kill off every banana. Ordinarily there'd be a few munant plants or different strains of them, which would survive a disease, but the banana would be fucked Makes you wonder about GM stuff doesn't it...
Right then... Do you know how they get those sticks up the badgers? I'll tell you: with a hammer. A bloody great sledgehammer, a couple of hefty whacks, and there you have it: a meaty snack for a family of four.CraigGrannell wrote:"Origami". "Whelk". "Badger on a stick".
Funnily enough the whole affair is being used to push GM through to 'save' the banana.. at least that's my understanding, but I agree with your point, it backwardly highlights even more the potential consequences of meddling with our food supply.Iain wrote:<snip> Makes you wonder about GM stuff doesn't it...