We need to talk about your naming policy
Oct. 27th, 2009 11:05 pmYoinked from my brother: Attack of the Triffids has flax farmers baffled
Somebody has contaminated Canada's flax crop with trace amounts of a genetically modified variety, whimsically called "Triffid" after a 1960s horror flick that starred a villainous breed of plants replete with legs, intelligence and a venom-filled stinger.
If you're going to genetically modify a crop, why, oh why, would you call it a "triffid?" That's like calling a spaceship Apollo 13 and expecting everything to work out okay.
Somebody has contaminated Canada's flax crop with trace amounts of a genetically modified variety, whimsically called "Triffid" after a 1960s horror flick that starred a villainous breed of plants replete with legs, intelligence and a venom-filled stinger.
If you're going to genetically modify a crop, why, oh why, would you call it a "triffid?" That's like calling a spaceship Apollo 13 and expecting everything to work out okay.