Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!texbell!nuchat!uhnix1!jane!bchs1b From: BCHS1B@jane.uh.edu Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: 30 Seconds Ago This Was A Mouse Message-ID: <3027@jane.uh.edu> Date: 22 Sep 89 22:02:50 GMT References: <22342@cup.portal.com> Organization: University of Houston Lines: 22 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