Monday, February 25, 2013

Note From The Ratlab

     You know the classic experiment where scientists inserted a wire that stimulated the pleasure center of the rodent's brains when a button was pushed, then let the rats push the button for themselves whenever they wanted, only to discover that the rats would push it and push it, passing up food and drink (etc.) in favor of pushing the button?

     That's why I can't have Cool Ranch Doritos.

     Sometimes I forget.  Thank heavens the bag eventually runs out.
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11 comments:

  1. BobFebruary 25, 2013 at 9:22 PM

    LOL. God help us if they ever develop the electric current addiction technology that Larry Niven wrote about in his SF stories.

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  2. Dave HFebruary 25, 2013 at 9:27 PM

    Bob: You mean like Facebook & Twitter?

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  3. JeffroFebruary 25, 2013 at 9:34 PM

    Now if you find yourself trying to find your way through a maze......

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  4. gregFebruary 25, 2013 at 9:44 PM

    Coming soon: Cool Ranch Dorito Taco Loco from Taco Hell! Guarenteed to take years off your life 6 bites at a time.

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2013 at 9:56 PM

    Bob, I believe David Drake also used that gimmick in a retelling of the story of Jason and the Argonauts called "The Voyage". It wasn't electrical, it involved the rootlets of a single planet encompassing organism. New worlds to conquer for the nurserymen, I suppose.

    Roberta, you are so obviously devoted to interesting, freshly prepared food made from good ingredients, that only a debauched, degraded devotee of depravity would tell you that Taco Bell has Dorito taco shells. Oops.

    Mike James

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  6. Roberta XFebruary 25, 2013 at 10:02 PM

    I know they do. Thus far, I have avoided them.

    OTOH, about twice a year, I chow down on a half-dozen Taco Bell slider-analogs, in the plain crunchy-type shells. Pretty sure that was the first "Mexican" food I ever had. Qdoba is better but there's a whole nostagia thing.

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  7. Overload in ColoradoFebruary 25, 2013 at 10:05 PM

    Back before ATMs, there used to be a phrase, "I can't be out of money, I still have checks."

    Chicago based Lays Potato Chips motto is "betcha can't eat just one"

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  8. Overload in ColoradoFebruary 25, 2013 at 10:08 PM

    The Chicago based company is Jays not Lays, but looking it up the motto is Lays.

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  9. Old NFOFebruary 25, 2013 at 11:14 PM

    LOL, oh yeah, we ALL have those 'little' vices... :-)

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2013 at 1:24 AM

    Mike-sells original Puffcorn Delites. Same effect for me. Forgot to go to work once.

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  11. ogFebruary 26, 2013 at 6:23 AM

    And the bag says it has twelve servings. Fools. Serving size is " Is the bag empty?"

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