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[andrewducker]

Apparently the recent news about making mice immortal isn't new:

They've already done this with dolphins. It involves feeding them seagulls. Unfortunately, the lead scientist was arrested when he stepped across a lion sleeping in the doorway to the lab, after catching a few seagulls.

The charge: transporting gulls across a staid lion for immortal porpoises.

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Comments

[andrewducker]

Yeah, I was fairly sure it was an old joke. Still made me groan loudly in the office though, so I thought it was worth inflicting on my flist.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what the original joke might have been. All I have ever remembered is the pun. I'm glad it's still going around; it's a good pun, whatever the complications of its excuse.