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    Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine

    A Helmet that Lets You Smash into Walls Without Breaking Your Neck
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    07/29/09

    In reply to Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine
    the blueing effects of the dye are probably that pronounced because those are albino animals. i would imagine in a animal or human with more typical pigmintation that the blueness would be much less noticable.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/28/09

    In reply to Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine
    Coming soon to Las Vegas: Blue Rat Group.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/28/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I can't decide if that would be more or less creepy than the Blue Man Group.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/28/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Tough call. I think maybe a little less.
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    07/28/09

    In reply to Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine
    I think this is what Eiffel 65 was trying to tell us 10 years ago.
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    Image of drdoombot drdoombot
    07/28/09

    In reply to Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine
    This is probably only the precursor to a new type of body modification where people will change their skin color.

    Ten years from now, I don't think it will be so odd to walk down a street and feel like you're on the inside of a bag of Skittles.
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    Image of Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
    07/28/09

    In reply to Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine
    I smell a new origin story for Beast any day now.
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    Image of bitgod bitgod
    07/28/09

    In reply to Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine
    One of those mice is an Ally, one is FOR THE HORDE!

    See what happens when you drink too much Mountain Dew.

    (now if you excuse them, they need to go order a new Earth)
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    Image of disatess disatess
    07/28/09

    In reply to Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine
    so how did the rat get a spinal injury ?
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    07/28/09

    @disatess:
    It's a study. They don't wait for the rats to get injured. Further investigation along this line of thought is just going to make you sad, ok?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/28/09

    @Belabras: You mean the rats have to work so hard that their spines are injured? Those poor rats... Wait...
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    Image of Stephen Goldmeier Stephen Goldmeier
    07/28/09

    @Belabras: Reading about that part of the study was not easy... all in the name of science, I guess.
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    Image of alphanumeric1971 alphanumeric1971
    07/28/09

    @Stephen Goldmeier: well in their defense they did "cure" 50% of em'
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    Image of squinko squinko
    07/29/09

    @alphanumeric1971: What happens to the other crippled 50%?
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    07/29/09

    @Stephen Goldmeier:
    Yeah. I support the science, but that is a job I know I couldn't do.
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    Image of disatess disatess
    07/29/09

    @Belabras: I knew the answer befroe the question , It`s just bad .
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    Image of alphanumeric1971 alphanumeric1971
    07/29/09

    @squinko - applauds the death of FBC: Cat food?
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    Image of Mathmos Mathmos
    07/28/09

    In reply to Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine
    Suggests at the least that sporting and other venues where spinal injuries are likely, paramedics, hospitals, etc. should keep blue dye on hand.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    07/28/09

    @Mathmos: Or at least liter bottles of blue Gatorade.
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    Image of Zapp Brannigan's Girdle Zapp Brannigan's Girdle
    07/28/09

    In reply to Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine
    Brawndo! It's got what spines crave!
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    07/28/09

    @Zapp Brannigan's Girdle:
    Brawndo, the thirst mutilator!
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    Image of IWNH - Dingo Ate My Wallaby IWNH - Dingo Ate My Wallaby
    07/28/09

    In reply to Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine
    "Using a common study set-up that drops a heavy weight on a rat’s lower back, the scientists inflicted spinal cord injuries on the animals. "

    Remind me not to sign up for human studies.
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    Image of Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
    07/28/09

    @IWNH - My Comments are Hidden Like Ninjas: seriously. I'm all about science, since I teach it in middle school, but that sentence kind of gives me the heebie jeebies...
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    Image of Lola del Rio Lola del Rio
    07/28/09

    In reply to Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine
    is it wrong to think that blue-tinged mice are way cute?
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    07/28/09

    @Lola del Rio: If it is, I don't want to be right.
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    07/28/09

    @Lola del Rio: I think its actually cuter...

    I mean.. football.. boobs... beer...!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/28/09

    @Log1c: lol i can haz blu mic- err, RAWR! TITTIES!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/28/09

    @Lola del Rio: No, it's adorable!

    Does it make you taste like blue raspberry, I wonder?
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/28/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I hope so, it could have wonderful applications for those starting to get sick of the taste of plain rat.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/28/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Fits right in with that old Python sketch! Dessert rat.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/28/09

    In reply to Blue Sports Drink Dye Might Be Good For Your Spine
    Poor lil' critters. I hope this leads to practical applications. A good friend of mine has been suffering from ruptured & herniated discs for years. I don't know if this would help him at all but he'd look great in blue.
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