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ddvmor


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So I was reading this article on the old BBC Website.  I wasn't expecting it to make me laugh, but it did.


To summarise... scientists can't decide which is the smallest fish.  Apparently this stems from being unable to determine whether a 6mm fish is fully grown or not.


It was a quote from Dr Britz that made me laugh:


"It is easier to see how sexually mature a female fish is compared with a male fish. For a male fish, you have to carry out a histological [tissue] section to see if the gonads are ripe."


Heh heh heh... he said 'gonads'.



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Ripe? When did gonads become a vegetable?


 


Ok typing the word vegetable just made me think of...


"What's arugala?"
"It's a veg-e-ta-ble"


 


Or maybe that's just me



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Gonads, right up there with plums for me!

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So this means that law enforcement officials and bartenders will no longer look at IDs ?  They will simply check for gonadular ripeness?

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command_z wrote:

So this means that law enforcement officials and bartenders will no longer look at IDs ?  They will simply check for gonadular ripeness?
Its a full proof way to decide if your ready or not... like with marriage - if you've gone deaf and a bit mental - you're ready...

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  How many years of schooling would required to become a ripeness checker.  Not that I'm interested in a career change, just wondering what the course would be called.

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Ripeness Inspector.  In the Gonad Division.  You get a shiny, shiny badge and everything!

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I like the word 'nads' myself, or even 'ging-gangs', or 'chookies'

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Gonads and strife... Gonads and strife... Gonads and strife

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I had sucessfully erased that atrocity from my brain until now.


Ahhh... who am I kidding...


Gonads and strife... gonads and stride...gonads and strife...



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we need to put a warning on this thread - it's quite parlous




hehe.. see what i did there - go the word of the day!!
i think our new thing should be to use it.. in the 'normal' course of the day and someone who uses it the best will get .. er nothing.. but kudos!

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ddvmor wrote:

I had sucessfully erased that atrocity from my brain until now. Ahhh... who am I kidding... Gonads and strife... gonads and stride...gonads and strife...
I think I need to check that video out again sometime ... sometime when I have stayed up very very late.  I think I might blow out a lung laughing.  But only if I'm really tired.  Right now, it just makes me smirk.

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