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The First X-Man (and future Olympic Gold Winner)

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Cohen, Jun 23, 2004.

  1. Cohen

    Cohen Member

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    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...u=/ap/20040623/ap_on_he_me/mighty_muscle_gene
     
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    "Mutation: it is the key to our evolution. It has enabled us to evolve from a single-celled organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, and normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few hundred millennia, evolution leaps forward. "
     
  3. StupidMoniker

    StupidMoniker I lost a bet

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    That's nothing, you should see the laser beams I can shoot out of my eyeballs.
     
  4. KaiSeR SoZe

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    I can explode cards and stuff
     
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    *SHINK!*
    ...Bub.
     
  6. B-ball freak

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    Well, I'm feeling like a normal person again since the penile reduction surgery. No more people yelling "you freak" from way off in the distance.
     
  7. MR. MEOWGI

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    He will die of cardiac arrest before 20.

    99%+ of such extreme mutations in nature result in equally extreme and lethal side effects.
     
  9. Cohen

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    :D
     
  10. Cohen

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    Can those beams reach Orlando?
     
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    I just wish I could have the regenerative powers of wolverine, the claws that pop out of your knuckles and that awesome hairdo......Seriously, that is wicked. I guess that kid is....Beast?
     
  12. meggoleggo

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    DUDE. If they actually come out with a therapy that inhibits the muscle inhibitor, I might actually get some muscle mass! WOW what a concept!


    which X-man (or woman) are you?

    apparently, I'm like Professor X....
     
  13. AntiSonic

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    You are Storm! You are very strong and very protective of those you love. You are in tune with nature and are very concerned with justice and humanity. Unfortunately, certain apprehensions and fears are very hard for you to overcome, and can often inhibit you when most need to be strong.

    Wow. Wasn't expecting that one.
     
  14. StupidMoniker

    StupidMoniker I lost a bet

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    <img src="http://live.quizilla.com/user_images/T/tedelton/1039943387_rescyclops.jpg" border="0" alt="gambit"><br>You are Cyclops!

    Though I guess that was rather obvious based on what I posted earlier. ;)
     
  15. robbie380

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    you should see the mice without myostatin...they are freakin huge!!
     
  16. StupidMoniker

    StupidMoniker I lost a bet

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    One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the mice will soon be here. And I for one welcome our new rodent overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted BBS personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their cheese producing dairies.
     
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    I guess all of you, in your haste to be funny, overlooked this tidbit in the story:

    Researchers would not disclose the German boy's identity but said he was born to a somewhat muscular mother, a 24-year-old former professional sprinter. Her brother and three other close male relatives all were unusually strong, with one of them a construction worker able to unload heavy curbstones by hand.


    In the mother, one copy of the gene is mutated and the other is normal; the boy has two mutated copies. One almost definitely came from his father, but no information about him has been disclosed. The mutation is very rare in people.


    "Somewhat muscular" German woman? No way....But I wonder about the father. If the boy has two mutated genes, and the mom has one, then the other must have come from the father. Could the father be one of those three other "close male relatives"?
     
  18. mishii

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    Skip the myostatin deficient mice. Go straight for the beef. There is a breed of cows out there that have the same deficiency resulting in muscular and very lean beef. Go ahead and order some from the internet if you are curious...

    Background info on the cattle (with pictures!)

    http://www.montanarange.com/history_genetics.html

    Order your favorite slab of myostatin deficient lean beef.

    http://www.montanarange.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv

    Discloser: I am in no way, shape, or form affiliated with this company, nor have I had any so can't say what it tastes like.
     
  19. twhy77

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    I'm Cyclops. I've become who I hate most. :(
     
  20. supafrumpy

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    muahahhahah

    simpsons rule
     

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