Beaten to the Punch
The paper today contains a story about GloFish, fluorescent zebra fish that is the first genetically altered household pet. Scientists in Singapore developed the GloFish after they discovered they could turn usually black-and-silver zebra fish green or red by inserting genes from a jellyfish or sea anemone. The result is a fun pet that actually glows in the dark.
Now, I'm not particularly creative. I can't play a musical instrument, I'm a terrible artist, and my photography is only fair to middling. And I almost never have a good idea. But this time I felt sure I had this great idea that was really, really creative. You see a short while ago, I developed my own genetically-engineered new pet, one that I thought would be great for kids and available just in time for Christmas. I mean I've been working soooo hard on this project. I even have a prototype up and running. All I had left was to figure out how to mass produce it. And now I see I've been beaten to the punch. I'm not sure whether to keep on working or just head back to the drawing board.
I took a picture of my prototype and I truly want your opinion. So you tell me...
Be honest now... glowing wiener dogs.... think it'll sell?
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ROFL!! I don't know about a glowing weiner dog, but can you imagine a burglar being faced with a glow-in-the-dark doberman?? Oh my!
It would give dog protection a whole new aspect. How could the police make use of glow-in-the-dark police dogs? I say keep at it. You might have a whole new industry here...
I'm with Heather, you need to go with this one! And good job with the expanding entry thing!
You mad scientist you! I love it. As for mass producing it, I'm not sure if this'll help or not, but if you flirt nicely with the conductors on the Amtrak between St. Louis and Springfield, they'll slip you a handfull of industrial size railroad glow sticks. They're really cool and could prove useful. But, I don't suppose you're on that train much. ;)
P.S. They did a thing on the radio here about this yesterday where it was reported the glofish are safe for human consumption.
Presumably the St. Louis to Springfield train has lady conductors with which to flirt? I'm afraid my flirting skills would be sorely challenged if not.
K-