Amy: I don't like documentaries, but I still want to watch them because they're scary.
Cory: They're scary? I think that depends on the documentary.
Amy: No, they're all about ghosts. I seen them on 20/20 and other TV shows. There's always this old guy usually in a rocking chair in front of an old house, and he's all leaning back and he says: (she does this in her 'old man voice' which includes a southern twang to it) "Back in '77's, this house was haunted in 1995." or something like that. And then it's all scary stuff about ghosts and how he's haunted.
Monday, January 9, 2012
More Genetics
Amy: So, do I die if I get cloned?
Cory: No, why?
Amy: 'Cause don't they need all my organs like my skin and my brain and pretty much everything to build a different me?
Cory: You have no idea how cloning works, do you?
Amy: I thought you just got another one of one by using old parts.
Cory: No, why?
Amy: 'Cause don't they need all my organs like my skin and my brain and pretty much everything to build a different me?
Cory: You have no idea how cloning works, do you?
Amy: I thought you just got another one of one by using old parts.
Genetics
When discussing dominant and recessive genes with my mom, she asks about recessive genes eventually becoming "extinct."
Cory: That's unlikely. We'll have complete control of baby's genes before then, I'll bet. There are already plenty of experiments that will lead to successful human genetic engineering.
Amy: What are you guys even talking about? Like you can make a baby look how you want before it's born?
Cory: Yeah, there's the possibility that phenotypes like eye colour will eventually be purchased as options on a new baby.
Amy: So you just go to the doctor when you're giving birth and say, "hey, can you sprinkle some magic dust on my baby and give it blue eyes? Here's a thousand bucks."
Cory: No, not like that.
Cory: That's unlikely. We'll have complete control of baby's genes before then, I'll bet. There are already plenty of experiments that will lead to successful human genetic engineering.
Amy: What are you guys even talking about? Like you can make a baby look how you want before it's born?
Cory: Yeah, there's the possibility that phenotypes like eye colour will eventually be purchased as options on a new baby.
Amy: So you just go to the doctor when you're giving birth and say, "hey, can you sprinkle some magic dust on my baby and give it blue eyes? Here's a thousand bucks."
Cory: No, not like that.
Poop in a Jar
Amy (out of no where, by the way): Cory, remember that guy in high school who had feces in a jar?
Cory: What?! I graduated the year you went into the school, so I might have missed him. What do you mean he had feces in a jar?
Amy:Oh, maybe it was middle school, then. But, this guy had feces in a jar. It was horse, I think.
Cory: What do you mean? Did he walk around with this jar under his arm?
Amy: No, it was in a science room. Like, why would he even have that?
Cory: Well, a science room males more sense, I suppose. But I don't know why he would keep it in a jar. You can just go to the farm any day and pick some new stuff off the ground.
Amy: What? They're on the ground?
Cory: Yeah, where else would horse feces be?
Amy: FECEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! FECES IS POOP! I MEANT BABIES! A....a....FEFUS! NO! FECES! NO! FE....TUS! FETUS!!!!
Cory: Oh, one of the science teachers had a horse fetus in a jar? That sounds normal.
Amy: Yeah, why would he have one? Where did he get it? Does it stay little 'cause it's in the jar?
Cory: It's dead.
Amy: I know. How do you get it? Did they cut it out of the mom horse?
Cory: Possibly.
Amy: What if they cut a baby out of a human? Can they do that?
Cory: A C-section?
Amy: Oh, is that how that works? Like, what if the baby is this big (makes a fist) and they cut open the mom. Can they see the baby?
Cory: ...If I have a ball this big (I make a fist now) and it's in a box, and I open the box, can I see the ball?
Amy: Yeah?
Cory: Yeah.
Amy: So what if the baby is cut out and it's that small. Like, it hasn't stopped growing in the mom's stomach, I mean. Can it live?
Cory: That depends on a lot of factors. Some can, some are born too early.
Amy: That's called pre-something. I learned about it once somewhere, and the babies are small. But they live if you just quick throw them under the bright light.
Cory: (I'm laughing now) The bright light?
Amy: Yeah, there's this bright light with plastic around it, and the light gives the baby oxygen or something, so it will live. I saw it once on a TV show.
Cory: What?! I graduated the year you went into the school, so I might have missed him. What do you mean he had feces in a jar?
Amy:Oh, maybe it was middle school, then. But, this guy had feces in a jar. It was horse, I think.
Cory: What do you mean? Did he walk around with this jar under his arm?
Amy: No, it was in a science room. Like, why would he even have that?
Cory: Well, a science room males more sense, I suppose. But I don't know why he would keep it in a jar. You can just go to the farm any day and pick some new stuff off the ground.
Amy: What? They're on the ground?
Cory: Yeah, where else would horse feces be?
Amy: FECEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! FECES IS POOP! I MEANT BABIES! A....a....FEFUS! NO! FECES! NO! FE....TUS! FETUS!!!!
Cory: Oh, one of the science teachers had a horse fetus in a jar? That sounds normal.
Amy: Yeah, why would he have one? Where did he get it? Does it stay little 'cause it's in the jar?
Cory: It's dead.
Amy: I know. How do you get it? Did they cut it out of the mom horse?
Cory: Possibly.
Amy: What if they cut a baby out of a human? Can they do that?
Cory: A C-section?
Amy: Oh, is that how that works? Like, what if the baby is this big (makes a fist) and they cut open the mom. Can they see the baby?
Cory: ...If I have a ball this big (I make a fist now) and it's in a box, and I open the box, can I see the ball?
Amy: Yeah?
Cory: Yeah.
Amy: So what if the baby is cut out and it's that small. Like, it hasn't stopped growing in the mom's stomach, I mean. Can it live?
Cory: That depends on a lot of factors. Some can, some are born too early.
Amy: That's called pre-something. I learned about it once somewhere, and the babies are small. But they live if you just quick throw them under the bright light.
Cory: (I'm laughing now) The bright light?
Amy: Yeah, there's this bright light with plastic around it, and the light gives the baby oxygen or something, so it will live. I saw it once on a TV show.
Psychics
Amy: You know what class I liked in school? Psychics, or whatever it was called.
Mom: Physics?
Amy: Yeah, I liked that class.
Mom: Somehow, I find it hard to believe that you enjoyed that class.
Amy: Yeah, we did stuff like...
(she gazes off for about 15 seconds trying to remember something from physics)
Amy: ...I don't know, but...there was lines. K, actually, maybe I didn't like it.
Mom: Physics?
Amy: Yeah, I liked that class.
Mom: Somehow, I find it hard to believe that you enjoyed that class.
Amy: Yeah, we did stuff like...
(she gazes off for about 15 seconds trying to remember something from physics)
Amy: ...I don't know, but...there was lines. K, actually, maybe I didn't like it.
Chemistry Expert
Amy: I'm really good at the element of elements in the table. You know, like how Fn is iron and Na is salt? Like, those things. I'm so good at those!
What Mashed Potatoes Taste Like
As Amy is halfway through her mashed potatoes at supper, she suddenly looks up and says, "I finally figured out what mashed potatoes taste like! Hamsters!"
Me: What?
Amy: Mashed potatoes taste like hamsters! I couldn't figure out what it was, but it just hit me!
Me: How do you know what hamsters taste like?
Amy: K, well, you know how your sense of tongue is like your smell? Like stuff tastes like how it smells, so hamsters smell like pet stores, so I, like, use my tongue sense to taste a pet store, which is hamsters, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS TASTES LIKE! But it doesn't smell like that, so that's weird. Whatever. Oh, yeah, and when I look at the pepper shaker, it makes me think of fish food, and that's in a pet store, too. Isn't that weird?
And she continued to eat.
Me: What?
Amy: Mashed potatoes taste like hamsters! I couldn't figure out what it was, but it just hit me!
Me: How do you know what hamsters taste like?
Amy: K, well, you know how your sense of tongue is like your smell? Like stuff tastes like how it smells, so hamsters smell like pet stores, so I, like, use my tongue sense to taste a pet store, which is hamsters, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS TASTES LIKE! But it doesn't smell like that, so that's weird. Whatever. Oh, yeah, and when I look at the pepper shaker, it makes me think of fish food, and that's in a pet store, too. Isn't that weird?
And she continued to eat.
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