August 04, 2005

Someone Had To Say It

Bravo to Matt Bramanti of Lone Star Times.

From the cloned dog story:

Blockquote>South Korea’s pioneering stem cell scientist has cloned a dog, smashing another biological barrier and reigniting a fierce ethical debate — while producing a perky, lovable puppy.

They left out delicious. A perky, lovable, delicious puppy.

Researcher Hwang Woo-suk said the cloned dog would help in researching diseases that plague humans:

"Dogs share physiological characteristics with humans," he said. "A lot of diseases that occur in dogs can be directly transferred to humans."

"And thatÂ’s why you must always cook your dog until itÂ’s medium well," he cautioned.

Dr. Hwang quickly ended the press conference, saying it was time to "wok the dog."

"Uh, I mean walk," he stammered. "Walk the dog."

I mean let's be honest here -- we were all thinking it.

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Posted by: Greg at 12:24 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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1 Funny! But I wonder what kind of whine goes with puppy - perhaps a nice Chablis.

Later

Posted by: maybeso at Thu Aug 4 08:55:54 2005 (f088i)

2 My partner and I used to eat at a little Mexican place on the near East Side. We always checked for remnants of a flea collar before eating. There were never any stray dogs or cats in the area, very interesting...

Posted by: TF Stern at Thu Aug 4 12:27:53 2005 (dz3wA)

3 Yeah, somebody had to say it, because it would be a darned shame if SOMEBODY didn't speak out and adopt racist stereotypes . . .

Posted by: Dan at Tue Aug 9 08:19:54 2005 (HBqfk)

4 I'll acccept the notion that the bit relies on a stereotype (as most humor does), but I reject the notion that it is racist.

Like it or not, dog was a source of meat for Koreans. Same with Chinese, along with snake and other critters that we Westerners are less inclined to eat. Noting that is not a sign of racism.

Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Tue Aug 9 13:09:05 2005 (z8veF)

5 Dog was also considered a delicacy among many Native American tribes of the plains. My father, who has since passed away, lived just outside the Osage reservation in Oklahoma - his mom wasn't Indian so they couldn't live on the reservation.

When you had a visitor, it was wasn't uncommon to serve dog (actually, puppy, because it was tenderer). And if you wanted to show great honor to the visitor, you made sure that the visitor got the paws.

Many Native Americans utilized dog meat regularly in their diets as well as using them for beast of burden prior to the introduction of horses.

Posted by: Claire at Wed Aug 10 06:53:53 2005 (fRt6P)

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