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Gene for Air Guitar amongst others: the Y chromosome exposed
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
Posted on: September 21, 2006 8:25 AM, by David Ng
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Where's the gene for leaving the toilet seat up located?
Posted by: John Wilkins | September 21, 2006 9:35 AM
I heard that was a testosterone-motivated expression of the same gene that makes us women use ten times the necessary amount of toilet paper.
Posted by: speedwell | September 21, 2006 10:49 AM
No gene for the toilet seat trait, but I can direct you to some game theory on the matter - "A Game Theoretic Approach to the Toilet Seat Problem"
Posted by: David Ng | September 21, 2006 12:52 PM