akashiver (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} akashiver) wrote,@ 2009-10-27 23:05:00 |
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We need to talk about your naming policy
Yoinked from my brother: Attack of the Triffids has flax farmers baffled
Somebody has contaminated Canada's flax crop with trace amounts of a genetically modified variety, whimsically called "Triffid" after a 1960s horror flick that starred a villainous breed of plants replete with legs, intelligence and a venom-filled stinger.
If you're going to genetically modify a crop, why, oh why, would you call it a "triffid?" That's like calling a spaceship Apollo 13 and expecting everything to work out okay.
Yoinked from my brother: Attack of the Triffids has flax farmers baffled
Somebody has contaminated Canada's flax crop with trace amounts of a genetically modified variety, whimsically called "Triffid" after a 1960s horror flick that starred a villainous breed of plants replete with legs, intelligence and a venom-filled stinger.
If you're going to genetically modify a crop, why, oh why, would you call it a "triffid?" That's like calling a spaceship Apollo 13 and expecting everything to work out okay.
