• Meanwhile in very important science news...

      Thursday, 26 Jun 2008 - 12:10 UTC

      The DNA of chocolate is to be investigated.

      An ideal candydate for barcoding, I would have thought.

      Last updated: Thursday, 26 Jun 2008 - 12:10 UTC

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        • Date:
          Thursday, 26 Jun 2008 - 12:12 UTC
          Charles Darwin said:

          “dna” “barcoding”

        • Date:
          Thursday, 26 Jun 2008 - 12:13 UTC
          Charles Darwin said:

          The above, of course, should have been in tags. “Apologies”.

        • Date:
          Thursday, 26 Jun 2008 - 12:34 UTC
          Bob O'Hara said:

          Wow! What an incredible piece of marketing.

          I read this and then felt I had to go down 4 flights of stairs to the snack machine to get a Mars bar. I guess I can claim I’m supporting science. That’s what I do whenever I drink Carlsberg.

        • Date:
          Thursday, 26 Jun 2008 - 20:13 UTC
          Maxine Clarke said:

          Was that an ice-cream Mars bar or a deep-fried Mars bar in batter?

        • Date:
          Thursday, 26 Jun 2008 - 20:15 UTC
          Maxine Clarke said:

          “Apologies”. “ice-cream mars bar” or “deep-fried Mars bar in batter”?

        • Date:
          Thursday, 26 Jun 2008 - 21:40 UTC
          Charles Darwin said:

          “narrows eyes”

        • Date:
          Friday, 27 Jun 2008 - 07:06 UTC
          Maxine Clarke said:

          “runs away”

        • Date:
          Friday, 27 Jun 2008 - 11:52 UTC
          Bob O'Hara said:

          “looks momentarily confused”

        • Date:
          Friday, 27 Jun 2008 - 12:52 UTC
          Henry Gee said:

          Excuse me, Madam, but does this bus go to the station?

        • Date:
          Friday, 27 Jun 2008 - 14:52 UTC
          Frank Norman said:

          Wonders if this thread will get into the 2008 Blog Book?

        • Date:
          Friday, 27 Jun 2008 - 16:32 UTC
          Maxine Clarke said:

          So long as you don’t ask Mr Darwin to write it, Frank, as it might take him rather many years to complete the collection. Then, just as he is about to publish it, Alfred Gee Zimovic will come along having had a similar idea, but with pieces collected in 20 minutes sprint round the blogosphere and compiled in a similar number of nanoseconds by LULU — and he will have to accept them as coauthors on a combined volume.

        • Date:
          Monday, 30 Jun 2008 - 18:25 UTC
          Karen James said:

          “candydate”

          har har hardy har har

        • Date:
          Monday, 30 Jun 2008 - 18:41 UTC
          Richard Grant said:

          Hmmm. As one of the judges for the 2008 blog book, I might suggest to the Editor that we allow a ‘comments’ section.

        • Date:
          Wednesday, 02 Jul 2008 - 15:28 UTC
          Charles Darwin said:

          ‘bar’ coding?

          sigh

        • Date:
          Wednesday, 02 Jul 2008 - 18:30 UTC
          Bob O'Hara said:

          Well, I heard some snickers.

        • Date:
          Wednesday, 02 Jul 2008 - 19:10 UTC
          Maxine Clarke said:

          Is this where I come in and ask if it is a “deep-fried snicker” or an “ice-cream snicker”? (As I believe a mars bar is known as a snicker bar in some parts of the world).

          Better dash off before any eyes get narrowed…;-)

        • Date:
          Wednesday, 02 Jul 2008 - 20:08 UTC
          Graham Steel said:

          Have you heard the news about the new Chinese diet? You’re allowed to eat whatever you want but you’re only allowed one chopstick.

        • Date:
          Wednesday, 02 Jul 2008 - 20:37 UTC
          Henry Gee said:

          … and you can’t swallow it. The food. Not the chopstick. Doh. That didn’t turn out too well, did it?


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