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Missing Lab Mice Infected With Plague

Posted by Zonk on from the who-wants-bubons-i-do-i-do dept.

Buford C Nuzzle-Chunks writes "PhysOrg is reporting that 'The FBI and New Jersey officials have started a hushed but intensive search for three missing lab mice reportedly infected with deadly strains of plague'. The Washington Post says it's not that big a deal, but I was dismayed at the PhysOrg article's quote from Richard Ebright, a Rutgers University microbiologist, about certain federal bio-terrorism labs: 'You have more security at a McDonald's than at some of these facilities.'"

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  1. All we need is... by NotFamous · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone to build a better mousetrap!

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    1. Re:All we need is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Pinky: 'What are we going to do tonight, Brain?'

      Brain: "What we always do, Pinky...try and take over the world!'

      Pinky: 'NARF!'

    2. Re:All we need is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Three plagued mice
      Three plagued mice
      See how they run
      See how they run
      They all run up to the ex-governors wife
      Who can't keep a man to save her life
      Did you ever see such a thing in your life
      As three plagued mice

  2. The British are going to help you... by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... just as soon as we capture the last of these rage infected monkeys.

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    1. Re:The British are going to help you... by bombadier_beetle · · Score: 5, Funny

      Please hurry. One of them got loose, came over to the States and became President.

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    2. Re:The British are going to help you... by operagost · · Score: 4, Funny

      Apparently, the others are high-user-id posters on Slashdot.

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    3. Re:The British are going to help you... by hesiod · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, Plague Rats were extremely dangerous until Tournament Rules limited you to only 4 in a deck...

  3. well thats good by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 5, Funny

    "'You have more security at a McDonald's than at some of these facilities.'"

    Given what they serve at McDonalds, thats probably a good thing. I'd rather take my chances with the mice.

  4. Easy Solution Then... by DaedalusLogic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just build a McDonald's at each of these facilities... Boom! You have your security, and the burger joint has a fresh supply of ingredients on hand.

  5. What's the big deal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We're talking about New Jersey. I could understand being concerned if it was somewhere else, but New Jersey? This probably improves the environment and air quality there.

    1. Re:What's the big deal? by Lenins_beard · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hey. Be nice. I have relatives incarcerated there.

  6. maybe... by Jumbo+Jimbo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I heard that they ran off with the farmer's wife, who cut off their tails with carving knife.

  7. Yot are we gonna do tonight, Brain? by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yot are we gonna do tonight, Brain? Try to take over the world?

    No, Pinky. We are going to try to find a pharmacy and cure this <hack> damn cough!

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  8. McDonalds security is no laughing matter by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    McDonalds security is no laughing matter.

    Consider, for example, the international fugitive known as the "Hamburglar".

  9. Re:Plague by EvilMidnightBomber · · Score: 4, Funny

    Evidently the good news for him is that he's now immune

    Being dead will do that for you

  10. Re:Have they checked the obvious? by dgatwood · · Score: 4, Funny
    I know an old lady who swallowed a bison. She swallowed the bison to parse the sea. She swallowed the sea to drown the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll vi.

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