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"Have you been pining for a "teacup" pig but worried that the supposedly petite porcine pet might grow as big as your bathtub?
A Chinese biotech firm says it now has the answer: a genetically modified swine that tops out around 33 pounds.
BGI, a company based in the southern city of Shenzhen that is known for its work sequencing human, plant and animal DNA, recently announced that it intends to start selling $1,600 miniature pigs that it initially created as laboratory models for studying human ailments.
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But animal breeders and advocates say the prospect of even a 33-pound pig could reduce the problem of people abandoning pet swine that pack on the pounds beyond their owners' expectations. Curt Mills, a board member of the Southern California Assn. for Miniature Potbellied Pigs, says four regional shelters for the animals are all at capacity, with about 150 oinkers looking for homes." [^]
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Sounds like lunch time to me.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Corgi Puppy Can't Deal With Mini Pumpkin[^]
So cute!
Corgis are so funny.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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That pumpkin be like: "You wanna piece of me m***********!?" 
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Awesome! So cute.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
-- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian
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That's how I sometimes feel about some of my coworkers' code. 
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Such a cute Corgi.
modified 19-Oct-15 5:40am.
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34 against Australia; WTE?
I would so loved to have seen them as the only home nation in the semis, especially given their struggles in the Six Nations over the last few years.
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This got moderated. Apparently 'australia' is considered 98.3% spam. 
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You didn't invoke the wattle.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: This got moderated
It's because of all the "watch X vs Y" spam that constantly tries to get through.
I'm enjoying reading how the Scots are all blaming the ref.
...and of course the obligatory: Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!
That has become so cringeworthy, nearly as horrible as the vuvasala thingy.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Yes. Yes it has.
Yet it endures.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: I'm enjoying reading how the Scots are all blaming the ref.
Yes, I'd prefer it if they would just man up and take it on the chin. But that's (professional) sport these days.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: This got moderated. Apparently 'australia' is considered 98.3% spam
I was under the impression that Australia was 98.3% mutton 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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... it's less than ten weeks to Christmas.
So are you started prep yet?
Herself's Christmas present arrived yesterday, and it's charged and set up (Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5" Titanium Bronze - my word but that's a lovely piece of kit, what a display!)
Christmas Turkey breast is surrounded by butter, fresh sage, pepper, and lemon rind; vacuum packed and in the freezer ready for the Sous Vide on the day.
Sage, onion, chestnut, and sausage meat stuffing if made, vacuum packed and in the freezer.
Pretty much the only major things I have left to do are decide on (and pay for) a present for me from Herself, wrap them both, and write / post the cards.
Any of you even thought about it yet?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Don't tell me: you start your present shopping on Christmas Eve?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yes 
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Christmas every day.
As the anniversary of my birth is quite close to the winter solstice (or so I'm told), I look forward to that.
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Don't care, Mrs Wife's present is sorted and she does all the rest. I am at Gatwick North on my way to Budapest until Wednesday.
I may, or may not, be in a bar. ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: I may, or may not, be in a bar.
And one of these states will collapse as soon as you're being observed?
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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His legs might...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I got home 11pm last night and the flat was cold and I was sober. Well soberish.
By Jesus, does it take a while to warm the place up, I sat in the sauna for half an hour to warm up
veni bibi saltavi
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It's my dad's birthday next week and I've just ordered a present that, if he likes it, has a second part I can give him for Christmas 
Other than that, nope.
I like doing as few as possible for Christmas.
Some people insist on sending a card, but I've managed to keep that number to an absolute minimum...
Sending cards to people you never see anyway or to people you see almost daily, ugh!
What a horrible time-consuming tradition! 
So that leaves eating all the good food at my parent's house, om nom nom!
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No...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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