Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | Reason : Comedy | print version

Gay scientists isolate Christian gene

by Glumbert

Thanks to Graham Dolby for the link.

Gay scientists isolate Christian gene

http://www.glumbert.com/media/christiangene

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1. Comment #149752 by rnewson on March 26, 2008 at 7:52 am

Good science at work. :)

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2. Comment #149763 by Murky on March 26, 2008 at 8:06 am

What a HOOT, LMFAO, Christ.lol

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3. Comment #149826 by Ygern on March 26, 2008 at 9:15 am

:-)

Makes perfect sense.

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4. Comment #149833 by Partisan on March 26, 2008 at 9:31 am

Lmfao - far more pertinent!

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5. Comment #149836 by Gaffer on March 26, 2008 at 9:37 am

class

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6. Comment #149842 by steveroot on March 26, 2008 at 9:44 am

Now if they can find the gene that makes people muslims...
Ste5e

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7. Comment #149862 by phil rimmer on March 26, 2008 at 9:58 am

Now if they can find the gene that makes people muslims...

or Welsh.

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8. Comment #149994 by rod-the-farmer on March 26, 2008 at 11:38 am

I LOVE it. Giggled all the way through it.

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9. Comment #150103 by fergusg on March 26, 2008 at 1:04 pm

Almost as funny are the comments on the hosting site. It seems lots of people (guess which sort) don't understand that it's a spoof.

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10. Comment #150114 by the_ultimate_samurai on March 26, 2008 at 1:11 pm

is this like the onion or something?

if only there was a Christian gene we could filter out...sadly...its malicious meme that controls its hosts into acts of stupidity and self destructiveness.

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11. Comment #150121 by Prankster on March 26, 2008 at 1:17 pm

Brilliant!

Anyone catch the snippets underneath?
"Alcoholic queues up for seconds at holy communion"

Reminds me of the old BBC2 series "The Day Today"

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12. Comment #150170 by Fiesoduck on March 26, 2008 at 2:13 pm

Funny.

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13. Comment #150172 by Sally Luxmoore on March 26, 2008 at 2:20 pm

Great.
Come on world - More like this!
Ridicule is the way to do it...

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14. Comment #150189 by secondsoprano on March 26, 2008 at 2:41 pm

An oldie but a goodie, I suspect.

I can't view the video (blocked at work) but from the comments I assume this is a classic CNNNN episode.

It was a brilliant series on ABC a few years ago - a spoof on CNN. Their slogan was "We report. You believe", and they produced statirical news reports including one on Christian scientists and the gay gene. (They also did one entitled "Gay Games scandal - 100m track too straight").

The CNNNN team are the same ones that brought you "The Chaser's War on Everything" with the fake Osama Bin Laden episode at APEC last year.

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15. Comment #150193 by phasmagigas on March 26, 2008 at 2:46 pm

well funny.

anybody watching that and not realising its a spoof is very likely a believer and also not especially scientifically literate, sounds familiar?

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16. Comment #150209 by Michael P. on March 26, 2008 at 3:12 pm

While I usually applaud this sort of research, it deeply offends me that gay scientists must resort to conducting their experiments on helpless lab animals. All they want is to love, be loved, and be Christian... is that so wrong?

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17. Comment #150210 by APPlet on March 26, 2008 at 3:12 pm

What Sally said, Comment #150172

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18. Comment #150222 by DoctorFraggle on March 26, 2008 at 3:30 pm

Fantastic! Comedy is one of the most potent weapons we have to highlight ridiculous, deluded beliefs.

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19. Comment #150229 by avekid on March 26, 2008 at 3:38 pm

Hilarious!
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(Alas, poor Dean Hamer... =P)

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20. Comment #150570 by nalfeshnee on March 27, 2008 at 6:04 am

I can only be happy I wasn't drinking hot coffee at the time or my monitor would have had an impromptu shower.

Brilliant, brilliant stuff.

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21. Comment #150573 by nalfeshnee on March 27, 2008 at 6:08 am

Another goodie from Glumbert:

"Mormons owned by Christian":

http://www.glumbert.com/media/mormon

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22. Comment #151987 by sven_der_sar on March 29, 2008 at 9:46 pm

is this like the onion or something?

This is CNNNN, Aussie comedy more widely known now for their "The Chaser's War on Everything". It's great to see these guys getting exposure outside Oz... some really good stuff :)

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23. Comment #158498 by schoonolution on April 10, 2008 at 4:06 pm

Touche!

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24. Comment #177447 by hexhunter on May 9, 2008 at 5:39 am

Brilliant, only got it a minute in but loved it.

:D

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25. Comment #186153 by Al420 on May 29, 2008 at 6:06 pm

Very funny.
And one of the most poignant things I've seen on the internets.

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