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My friend John W. just sent me this:

"An experiment in which mice died after being given amphetamines and exposed
to loud dance music has been criticised by the Home Office.

"The experiments, led by Dr Jenny Morton, involved 238 mice, some of whom
were given the drugs and then exposed to music from the dance group The
Prodigy at high volume.

"Seven died, and some others were left brain damaged. Some others who were
exposed to the classical composer Bach instead also died."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2202603.stm

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 26 August 2002 08:15 (twenty-three years ago)

"Seven died" and "some others..." (out of 238?) seems to indicate that just possibly a majority of the mice are now speed-freaks and Prodigy fans.

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 26 August 2002 08:30 (twenty-three years ago)

group C was fed marmite at high volume while being subjected to the merzbox

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 26 August 2002 09:05 (twenty-three years ago)

they are now all 12 foot tall with jewel-encrusted bellies and the power to control puny human minds

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 26 August 2002 09:06 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.stomptokyo.com/img-m5/food-of-the-gods-e.jpg

― Andy K (Andy K), Monday, 26 August 2002 09:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Oops!

― Andy K (Andy K), Monday, 26 August 2002 09:32 (twenty-three years ago)

The remaining mice now wander around the laboratory going "Rohpenol! See how shocking and subversive I am? Fear me, and how I unravel your morals into shreds! Grrrr!"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 26 August 2002 10:18 (twenty-three years ago)

The six mice who took it upon themselves to get ahold of two very small turntables and a very limited edition .025" pressing of "Breathe" have announced that they're now signed to Touch and will release their epoch-making "Breathe (Amphetamine Mousemix '02)" sometime this autumn. First 100 copies on mouse-white vinyl, if my contacts are to be believed.

― J0hn Darn1elle, Monday, 26 August 2002 12:31 (twenty-three years ago)

What's next? Feeding them mary-jane brownies and making them listen to the Grateful Dead? Feeding them martinis and making them listen to Dean Martin?

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 26 August 2002 13:25 (twenty-three years ago)

the dead mice were obv rockist.

― lawrence kansas, Monday, 26 August 2002 14:15 (twenty-three years ago)

No mice have died from Pot useage EVAH!
They just want to twirl or sit down and avoid the brown pellets.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 26 August 2002 15:22 (twenty-three years ago)

"mouse white vinyl," eh?

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 26 August 2002 15:24 (twenty-three years ago)

It's one of the funniest completely crap scientific studies I've ever seen, reported in an utterly useless way. I've seen elsewhere that 4 of the mice exposed to Bach died. What this teaches us is probably that of a large group of mice given loads of amphetamines, some will die. Hoorah for science.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 26 August 2002 16:24 (twenty-three years ago)

"Further studies involving throwing live mice in a mosh pit during a 'hard rock' performance by the band 'Bad Religion' have resulted in all mice dying. This data leads us to conclude that torturing mice is rad."

― Nate Patrin, Monday, 26 August 2002 17:10 (twenty-three years ago)

My line on it was "but the music they used was the Prodigy, so the study's already five years out of date."

I'm not under any delusions that this is funny.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 26 August 2002 18:38 (twenty-three years ago)

seems to indicate that just possibly a majority of the mice are now speed-freaks and Prodigy fans.
Mice. Speed Freaks. Prodigy Fans.
Isn't this redundant? Aren't all three of these the same thing?

― Lord Custos Alpha (Lord Custos Alpha), Monday, 26 August 2002 18:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Are we going to see studies on the development of hairy palms on mastrubators now?

― Christine "Green Leafy Dragon" Indigo (cindigo), Monday, 26 August 2002 21:53 (twenty-three years ago)

It was predestined and foreseen in ROCK & ROLL HIGH SCHOOL!

― matt riedl (veal), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 14:52 (twenty-three years ago)

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