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From: BCHS1B@jane.uh.edu
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: 30 Seconds Ago This Was A Mouse
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Date: 22 Sep 89 22:02:50 GMT
References: <22342@cup.portal.com>
Organization: University of Houston
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In article <22342@cup.portal.com>, mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:
> About 10 years ago, as an undergrad, someone told me he saw an ad in SCIENCE
> for a laboratory  osterizer (i.e. a machine like a blender) which showed
> a beaker of liquid and the caption "30 seconds ago this was a mouse".
> 
> I tried to find the ad, but no luck.  I did find an ad which seemed to fit
> part of the description.  It was an ad for osterizers from Brinkman-Stromberg
> which showed the device, a beaker of liquid, and mentioned the possible
> applications for the unit, which included "even a whole mouse".
> 
> If they ever used the wording I was told, that would be a pretty 
> unforgettable ad.  I'm wondering whether anyone on the net remembers
> seeing the ad with this wording.

I clearly remember seeing the ad and the caption listed above. I am 
fairly sure it would have been in science. As to when it ran I am not
very certain, but I would guess late 70's or very early 80's also. I
remember seeing it while I was in grad school. 

Mike Benedik
Department of Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences
University of Houston