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May 7, 2006
They're Made Out of Meat
This hilarious essay, written by Terry Bisson, appeared in OMNI magazine, April 1991 and was an 1991 Nebula nominee.
Update
Here's a short film by Stephan O' Regan based on the Bisson essay.
Posted by elise on May 7, 2006 to Humor
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Meat meets its mete
Posted by: dd at December 4, 2003 10:39 PM
mete
tr.v. metˇed, metˇing, metes
1. To distribute by or as if by measure; allot: mete out justice.
2. Archaic. To measure.
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[Middle English meten, from Old English metan. See med- in Indo-European Roots.]
Source: The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
mete
n.
A boundary line; a limit.
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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin mta, turning post, boundary.]
Posted by: elise at December 4, 2003 10:48 PM
Yes I agree with you, the essay if marvellous.
I like the clean adoption of this essay in the mentioned short film. Thank you for sharing it with me.
Posted by: Maria loves pictures at June 7, 2006 5:40 AM
