fromological update: a science masterclass extra

[realthog]

The Beeb has the story:

Cheesemakers in space flight bid

Members of the West Country Cheesemakers group are to attempt to make the first space flight by a piece of Cheddar.

The group plans to launch a weather balloon 18.6 miles (30km) into the upper atmosphere carrying a capsule containing a piece of handmade Cheddar. [. . .]

The attempt is being made to mark the 40th anniversary of the moon landings. [. . .]

In 2007 the West Country Farmhouse Cheesemakers put a traditional round of Cheddar onto the internet via a webcam which allowed people to watch the cheese mature live on the web over the course of 12 months.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I love it. Next stop, the Cheddite drive.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"Next stop, the Cheddite drive."

That was my first thought, too.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

[python] Blessed are the cheesemakers... [/python]

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Hence the expression "Cheese Louise" . . .

[melindadansky.livejournal.com]

That's metaphorical. They mean the makers of any dairy product.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Not to mention The Munsters . . .

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Wot, no Wensleydale?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Nope. But it all heralds a briet new dawn, anyway.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Certainly, the opening of an age that we shall all cheshire.

[hutch0.livejournal.com]

For their next trick, they'll be sending the damn stuff back in time. Where no doubt it will wipe out the dinosaurs.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"they'll be sending the damn stuff back in time"

. . . back to when Jason will have to contend with a cheese whose very presence turns people to stone. However, the legend -- and indeed the name of the cheese -- will be somewhat corrupted by the passage of the centuries, so that today we know this tale as . . .

[hutch0.livejournal.com]

Jason And The Gorgonzola. *ker-ching* Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'll be appearing here the rest of the week, after which I leave for a tour of the Provinces.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"I'll be appearing here the rest of the week, after which I leave for a tour of the Provinces."

Or anywhere.

[hutch0.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[mylefteye.livejournal.com]

Haha! Nice one, chaps.