I want to tell you a story so bizarre you probably won’t believe it, but it’s true.  In the late 1950’s German scientists teamed with American car makers in an experiment so inane it will blow you out of the sky.  The German scientists desired to create a mouse with the intelligence of a human.  In order to do this, they had to genetically engineer (or mutilate if you’re a mouse lover) his brain.  In 1959, Zachary, a mouse with the intelligence of a human, was born.  The scientists teamed with an American car company for a purpose that should seem obvious.  If Zachary had the intelligence of a human, he would need a car to get around.  Below is the small car that the American car company created for him.  The name of the company will remain secret.

Everything was coming up roses for Zachary for the first 3 years of his life, then he snapped suddenly.  No one was quite sure why.  What scientists did know, however, was that because he was slowly turning insane, his car would need to be taken away from him.  That seemed to be the last straw for the mouse.  He eventually tried to burn down the laboratory and had to be put to sleep. All 672 German scientists mourned for Zachary at their secret testing facility in Munich.  The American car company was never told that he had to be put to sleep.  Instead, they were told that he died in an accident on a motorcycle that he insisted on riding.  Now, all that’s left of the mouse is his car.  Have a look at it:

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   This is either brilliant performance art or there are some very messed up scientists in Germany. Either way, nice little car he had.

   Comment by Kranger — November 13, 2008 @ 5:47 pm

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