Thai mouse to risk life as Bush food taster!

[T_i_B]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1065769,00.html

A humble mouse is to put its life on a plate for US president George Bush this weekend - acting as his official food taster to thwart any attempt at a bio-chemical assasination.

The rodent is one of 10 selected by the authorities in Thailand, where Mr Bush is starting a four-day visit today, and will be served samples of food which the president will eat.

According to Thai officials, the mouse will nibble on Thai dishes and then be observed to see if it drops dead or suffers any ill effects.

The director-general of the health ministry's medical sciences department, Somsong Rakpao, said no chances could be taken when it comes to protecting the world's most powerful man.

[realFedUp]

1. hope it likes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches....

on Wonder bread.

[Don_G]

2. Sacrifice A Rodent For A Weasel?

I'd much rather have the rodent.

Then again, the weasel has much more entertainment value if he holds the Thai food as well as he does a pretzel.

[Tom Kitten]

3. Does the mouse get an anal swab?

You never know about those Asian mice, I mean, mice are different over there from our own American mice... Over there they don't wash their hands before eating....they might be diseased!

[moondust]

4. Role reversal.

Somebody goofed.

[snippy]

5. My God would strike this mouse dead AFTER Bush finished eating.

It would later be discovered that the brave mouse-Warrior Against Terrorism had died of a medical condition unrelated to anything it had eaten.

[Dover]

6. Well, that should let Bush know his status. Couldn't find any humans

willing to sacrifice themselves. Poor mouse.

[pink_poodle]

7. And should anything go wrong with this plan, the mouse will be expected...

to fall on its own sword. It's a goner no matter what.

[KoKo]

8. Yes, the Royal Tradition was to have a "Food Taster." But a Mouse?

He doesn't deserve a mouse.

[0007]

9. Filipinos aren't stupid

They learned their lesson well in the early part of the last century, where it cost 'em hundred of thousand lives.

[JPace]

10. Minnie and Mickey Mouse.......

are protesting this despicable sacrifice.
The AWOL regime will no longer be allowed
to enter Disney World.

[Kelvin Mace]

11. Dear Thai Mousey:

Me and my friends hear at DU will take up a collection to provide you with an oppulent lifestyle of food, sex, and your own mansion if you will just take a whizz in Bush's tea and a few "capons" to his rice.

Love and Kisses

David Allen
Publisher, CEO, Janitor
Plan Nine Publishing
http://www.plan9.org

[E_Zapata]

21. I am laughing my heart out.

This is the funniest post I have ever seen - ever - about anything.

You are priceless.

[area51]

12. mouse

Unfortunate mouse; its life is much more worthwhile than George W. Hoover's.

[PhuLoi]

13. It would seem the rodent shares the same genetic structure as W

Intuitively, the rat would be an exact genetic match, but there are some things even a rat won't do.

[Unknown Known]

14. How medieval is this?

I would imagine this is not the first time the Boy King has had a food tester. Remember Poppy's collapse at a Japanese state dinner - caught on camera? Maybe he had been poisoned.

Even Hitler had a food tester as well because of paranoia that someone close to him was trying to kill him. And he was right!

Can you say Canaris?

[peterh]

15. Shrubby is in the emulating mode…two peas in a pod…

<http://www.witn.psu.edu/articles/article.phtml?article_id=26&show_id=5>

Did You Know?
Saddam Hussein uses a food taster at meal times to be sure that no one tries to poison him.

[T_i_B]

29. Remember it's not poisoning

It's erm...."bio-chemical assasination" according to the article. :eyes: Here's some more titbits.

"We will collect samples of all the food and bring them to our labs," he said. "Some will be fed to the mice, some will be mixed into a clear solution and injected into their intraperitoneal cavity."

If there is a poison such as arsenic, the rodents, who are just "experimental mice and not from a special species", according to Mr Somsong, will die within seconds. Bacterial poisoning might take up to 15 minutes to affect the animals.

The 10 animals were selected for "being particularly healthy" and having had experience analysing food from poisoning scares at local schools.

[pinniped]

16. Sounds like paranoi alright.

I think it's ok for them to share the same plate since they share the same genetic structure.

[KoKo]

20. OMG! Shrubby in his Nighty! BLECH!

HACK! GARK! GACK!

(cat furball sounds)

[THUNDER HANDS]

17. sad

so very, very sad.

[bearfan454]

18. the world's most powerful man ?

You mean the world's biggest dumbass.

[E_Zapata]

19. Whoa -- is this for reals?

This is the most fun day on DU. The royal parade cancelled (god, you DUers are hilarious!).

And now there's a food taster mouse for our most irrate king-boy?

The world is getting a lot smaller for bush; too bad he was always so incurious to ever even see how large and grand it was before he started fucking with it all.

[kamtsa]

22. Let's see if I got it right ...

The mouse eats first and W eats the leftovers ?

Kamtsa

[arwalden]

23. What Does PETA Have To Say About This?

Putting the mouse at risk unnecessarily is cruel.

-- Allen

[hippiechick]

24. Does Laura get a food taster, too ?

Or doesn't she matter ?


:evilfrown:


:hippie:

[montana_hazeleyes]

25. Okay Bush!!!!

Are you a man or a mouse???!!!

[xJlM]

26. This goes above and beyond the duty of a mouse

If I were the mouse, I would pretend to croak violently. At least that would get me out of that shitty job...

[Vikingking66]

27. that mouse is the bravest one of all n/t

[Nihil]

28. Do mice like spicy food? If not, there could be a lot of false alarms!

> A humble mouse is to put its life on a plate for US president
> George Bush this weekend

Souris sur plat avec un petit morceaux de creme? Yum, yum!


Actually, I think that the following quote was mis-heard:
> The director-general of the health ministry's medical sciences
> department, Somsong Rakpao, said no chances could be taken when
> it comes to protecting the world's most powerful man.

He simply said "No chance" when asked if he would be protecting the
world's most powerful man.

Nihil