Today marks the anniversary of the death of St. Patrick -- the dude who ridded Ireland of its non-existent snakes (some folks claim it was a metaphor for pagans). In honor of this great feat, people around the world drink green beer and pretend to be Irish. What does that have to do with double entendres? Absolutely nothing, but it's my excuse for the following lame joke:
Two transcription factors are hanging out. One says to the other, "Did you end up scoring with that cis regulatory region you were macking on last night?" The other replies, "Yeah, I gave her the old zinc finger."
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After a short, and dirty, run, the evolgen Double Entendre Friday has shuffled off its mortal coil. I just can't keep it up week after week (double entendre not intended).
Today, I will begin a new tradition at evolgen. There are a lot of topics and terms in the biological sciences that sound like something else; many of these fall into the category of double entendre.
I'm running out of good biology related double entendres, and I want to wait a few more weeks before I post those that people suggested in the comments or that I stole from other blogs (don't worry, I'll give you mad props if I jones something off you).
Help! I need some more double entendres. Help! Not just any double entendres. Help! You know I need some biology double entendres.
Huh. Green beer at the Gaff. Don't think I'll head anywhere in downtown State College tonight while I value my life.
That joke is terrible! Don't think I don't get it, 'cause my B.Sc. in biochemistry says otherwise, but, damn that's bad...
It's not particularly a metaphor because they weren't comparing the druids to snakes for some sort of trait. Rather, druid leaders perportedly had snake tattoos so the term came from that. Of course, that simply leaves one to wonder why the local druids would have snake tattoos when there weren't any snakes around. I don't know enough about the population movements there to propose a connection, but the tattoo thing is interesting so I wanted to share.