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Talk about not being able to toot your own horn...
I remember the problems British folk had when asked not to donate tins of beans... the hungry didn't wanted more.
Posted by: Dave R | November 09, 2005 at 03:09 PM
Hello? What happened to Beano?
Pssst...FIRST!
Posted by: Wurm42 | November 09, 2005 at 03:09 PM
"He said: "I can see no reason why they shouldn't be available by the spring. It depends how fast I can persuade other people to move."
but if they're low fart, .. um .. nevermind
Posted by: just sayin' | November 09, 2005 at 03:15 PM
Doh!
Darn you Dave R! Darn you!
Also, the article says this guy invented a "flatulence indicator" in 1994. Does that mean he's a career expert in farting?
Posted by: Wurm42 | November 09, 2005 at 03:16 PM
Note to self...another job you dont want..to be a lab
tech in the fart production department.
Posted by: ncc1701 | November 09, 2005 at 03:22 PM
Beans are suddenly a less magical fruit.
Posted by: KOW | November 09, 2005 at 03:27 PM
oh, just haaaa. whaddaya wanna be when YOU grow up, Colin? A fart measure-er? what???
Posted by: queensbee | November 09, 2005 at 03:41 PM
Did his name have to be Dr Colin Leakey?
Posted by: pogo | November 09, 2005 at 03:42 PM
But then this wouldn't be funny anymore:
Church Bulletin Bloopers
A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church basement. Special music will follow.
Posted by: Bumble | November 09, 2005 at 03:48 PM
For the overall best use of baked beans by the British, click here.
Posted by: Aunt Nancy | November 09, 2005 at 03:52 PM
Aunt Nancy~ Eeeeeeewwwwwwww!
Posted by: Bumble | November 09, 2005 at 03:53 PM
Colin Leakey ==>
ace oink yell
oily acne elk
Posted by: MOTW | November 09, 2005 at 03:53 PM
Dr Colin Leakey said: "It's been one hell of a grind."
TMI
Posted by: MOTW | November 09, 2005 at 03:58 PM
it's only a matter of time before someone comes up with "Extreme Beans" with added flatulesence. Target market: males between 5 - 80.
Posted by: K-Fed | November 09, 2005 at 04:01 PM
You can pretty much eliminate the wind-breaking if you rinse them before eating.
Posted by: Sarah J | November 09, 2005 at 04:05 PM
Those beans would be of no use to this guy
Posted by: xmnr | November 09, 2005 at 04:11 PM
the fartiste!
Posted by: LOL | November 09, 2005 at 04:16 PM
Hey elle! Pujol! hee hee hee.
Posted by: southerngirl | November 09, 2005 at 04:46 PM
What the heck is a "tonne"?
Posted by: Flash | November 09, 2005 at 05:58 PM
Aunt N - if you're still around, that's my all time favorite Who album.
Flash - Tonne is British for 2000 pounds
Posted by: pogo | November 09, 2005 at 06:16 PM
Aunt Nancy - I gotta disagree - but you're close. The best use of baked beans by the British (hey look!! I made an alliteration!) is Ann Margret swimming in them (and soapsuds) in Tommy.
(Sorry - I tried to Google a picture of that scene but I got nothin'.)
Posted by: Mr. Completely | November 09, 2005 at 08:12 PM
I understand Dr. Leakey's parents died in a mysterious accident when he came from from his first day of grade school...with a last name like that, naming a kid "Colin" should've brought the death penalty...
Posted by: jamester | November 09, 2005 at 08:28 PM
I wonder at what college/university this gentleman earned his Master of Fine Farts degree ... ?
Posted by: U.O | November 09, 2005 at 09:07 PM
pogo - I'm glad you like that one. Apparently Bumble thinks otherwise, but she's just a "kid" at 21.
Mr. C - I must admit to never having seen Tommy. I knew about The Who Sells Out because my older brothers had the album and a picture like that makes a real impression on an 8-year old.
Posted by: Aunt Nancy | November 09, 2005 at 10:38 PM
"what's for tea, Mum?"
what's next, non-laxative prunes?
Posted by: insomniac | November 09, 2005 at 11:08 PM
I have got to show this article to my 10 year old son. No one could enjoy that story better than a 10 year old boy.
Posted by: Barbara | November 09, 2005 at 11:11 PM
If you like to cook - after soaking beans, add carrots, then boil. Your male dinner guests will be extremely dissappointed. (The females will be thrilled.)
If you don't want carrots in the beans when serving, cut big pieces, so they'll be easy to scoop out.
Posted by: Sondra | November 10, 2005 at 12:11 AM
WHAT!? Carrots absorb the gases!?
*wonders if bunny's fart*
Posted by: kibby F5™ | November 10, 2005 at 06:56 AM
Kibby, actually bunnies, rats, and other rodents don't fart, they can't burp either. I am not sure why, but becaues of this reason giving your pets carbinated beverages is a big no-no. To much will kill them.
Posted by: MzVette | November 10, 2005 at 09:10 AM
"His breakthrough[:-D] comes as food giants Branston and Heinz prepare to go to war..."
Hey, I thought chemcial weapons had been outlawed?
Posted by: Guido | November 10, 2005 at 12:08 PM
Colin Leakey? Isn't that kind of a personal question??
Posted by: Kipperdoodle | November 10, 2005 at 02:35 PM
There is a pro baseball player named Harry Colon --pronounced like 'cologne' -- apparently our local sportscaster was a Hooked on Phonics grad 'cuz when he announced the players we heard that there was a hairy colon in the outfield...
Posted by: Candy Tutt | November 10, 2005 at 06:31 PM
What do you do when you are too gassy to come to work?
You Collin Leaky!
Posted by: JP | November 10, 2005 at 10:38 PM