Sat 3 Mar 2007
Great Moments in Food Science #31
Posted by anaglyph under Food Science
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☆December 2nd, 1877: Food scientist Professor Linwood Rucker distills from asparagus the substance responsible for making your wee smell funny.
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Wiki Sez – “Studies showed that about 40% of the test subjects displayed this characteristic smell; and a similar percentage of people are able to smell the odor once it is produced. There does not seem to be any correlation between peoples’ production and detection of the smell.”
Somehow I’m off my breakfast.
There’s a comprehensive scientific rumination on the matter here.
It also contains information on why beetroot turns the urine of some people red, and the words ‘graveolent’ and ‘mephitic’.
No-one leaves The Cow empty-handed.
Omigod I lurve scientists. I may be standing on the shoulders of giants, but I am a mere pygmy.
Even pygmy scientists standing on one another’s shoulders see further than Scientologists.
Thats quite a UNUSUAL THING he usd in th distillation!
Thanks for the not empty-handed. Howzabout making it so no one leaves empty-headed? I — erm.
Disclomer: I never promised that the things in your hands would be useful…
Joey: Prof Rucker is an unusual man.
I see wee is a slang term for urine or urination in the United Kingdom. And wee-wee is a a term for penis in the United States and Canada. The things you learn on this blog….
See!
My Asparagus Boxâ„¢ is top notch
I’ll give you a demo, just watch
Asparagus transforms
Into urine so warm
Just as if it had come from your crotch.
I will be forever grateful for the addition of “graveolent” to my vocabulary. I plan to use it in conversation often.
When Ruckrs machine startd whirrin,
It drippd stuff that seasons some urine.
He labelld it SCENT,
And then had it sent,
To th Reverends pal, Luca Turin.
Eat some greens and you will find that you
Smell of soup when you wee in the loo.
Beetroot too will make your urine shine
Red and sparkling like a fine French wine.
When a pygmy on a giant stands
Science takes a leap (everyone clap hands).
So next time you need to take a piss
Take aim at a Scientologist.
In Science’s Golden Globe Line-
L. Rucker’s experiments shine!
From asparagus pee,
Most people would flee,
But Tom Cruise finds the bouquet divine.
On the shoulders of great men we stand
And take all our future in hand
But Science can’t help
The odiferous kelp
That ‘spargus can wee in your hand
Can you tell me why
the subject of wee
has brought about
a posy of poesy?
This post and comment thread is a classic example of something going from bad to verse.
I can only concur.
It actually looks suspiciously like he’s trying out viagra-like chemicals. I find it interesting that he’s pointing at the bigger one.