By Michael J. Smith on Monday November 27, 2006 12:04 AM
A droll friend of mine has given me a delightful gift -- a souvenir
T-shirt from the 2004 Democratic convention in Boston (you
remember, the barbed wire, the guard dogs, the "free speech zone"?).
Boston 2004
Nothing conventional about it.
BIO
My friend, the donor of this prized artifact, assures me that she received
it from a chap who works in a Senator's office, and he -- the Senatorial
staffer -- seemed quite sure that my friend would value it very highly. She didn't,
obviously, but I do.
On the front, roughly near where the human heart normally lies, there's the usual tiresome red-white-and-blue flaggoid logo, and the legend
Nothing conventional about it.
On the back:
BIO
Biotechnology Industry Organization
Gold Sponsors
Roche
Bristol-Myers-Squibb
Gilead
Genentech
AstraZeneca
Silver Sponsors
Invitrogen
Atlas Venture
Bronze Sponsors
Genzyme
Millennium
Baxter
Comments (6)
not to be any more pedantic then usual
the message on the back:
with drugs
you don't need guns to kill
only high prices
the DONKS :
we'll make the globe safe for patents
Posted by js paine | November 27, 2006 7:35 AM
Posted on November 27, 2006 07:35
not to be any more pedantic then usual
the message on the back:
with drugs
you don't need guns to kill
only high prices
the DONKS :
we'll make the globe safe for patents
Posted by js paine | November 27, 2006 7:35 AM
Posted on November 27, 2006 07:35
"Flaggoid ?"
Oh, dear...
Posted by ms_xeno | November 27, 2006 8:44 PM
Posted on November 27, 2006 20:44
You got a problem with "flaggoid", Ms X? Tell me more.
Posted by mjs | November 28, 2006 6:55 AM
Posted on November 28, 2006 06:55
A passing family resemblance to caucasoid?
Posted by gluelicker | November 28, 2006 10:42 AM
Posted on November 28, 2006 10:42
I predict from Comrade Paine oceans of Trillin-esque doggerel involving hemmerhoids, things to avoid, and asteroids. Frankly, I'm not sure I can take it. :/
Posted by ms_xeno | November 28, 2006 12:55 PM
Posted on November 28, 2006 12:55