[LMB] (Slightly) OT: Mitochondria (No spoilers) back on topic

Scott Raun sraun at fireopal.org
Wed Jul 18 13:14:06 BST 2007


On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 09:06:07AM +0100, Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan wrote:
> > The Sundance Kid wrote:
> > > Am I the only one who sees "Mitochondrial" and, when reading
> > > quickly, flashes to power converters, blue milk and wondering 
> > >who shot first?
> 
> Hunh?  I don't get Sundance Kid's reference.  I do get Elvi's, but I'm
> afraid since I work on mitochondrial disease, the word flashes me back
> to work.  :-(  So let's not talk about mitochondria anymore, 'kay?
> ;-)  Just kidding.

He's keying off of the original _Star Wars_, and the retconned
midichlorians.

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Scott Raun
sraun at fireopal.org


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