I'm doing SCIENCE!

[glurk]

This is completely Zodiac-unrelated, but maybe some one here will get a kick out of this work-in-progress. I was going through some of my old stuff, and found this:

SMonkey1f.jpg

And here is the back:

SMonkey1b.jpg

Yes, Sea Monkeys. And yes, it is a packet from 1972. I've now put it in a clear jar with 12 oz. of water, and will wait the required 24-36 hours before I add packet 2 - "Instant Life."

Will 40 year old packets of Sea Monkeys come to life? I have no idea! But I see the jar half full. I'm an optimist!

-glurk

[traveller1st]

Wait ... I've seen this movie. Doesn't it end with MSG as an egg filled nest?

Will follow with interest and fear.

[entropy]

Yeah, I'm imagining a conclusion something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GODDLgM1gKo

Only with more sea monkeys...

[smithy]

Wow. I remember that ad from comics I read in the early 70's. (They were printed right next door to the "X-ray specs" glasses and the torch with the angle-poise head, for use when in your tree house.)
I've always wondered what was supposed to happen.
Wasn't there also a photo of a beautiful sea monkey princess? I rather think there was.
I'll be fascinated to hear (and see) what happens matey. Let me know if I can help somehow. Sending extra salt or something. Just ask.

[doranchak]

They've surely mutated after 40 years:

[morf13]

WOW, sea monkeys! What a blast from the past. I remember eating my pop rocks and playing sith my sea monkeys when I was a kid. I say 'playing with them', but when I added water,nothing ever happened. LOL

[smithy]

They've surely mutated after 40 years...

WTF!
D., I want a sea princess picture please, to make me feel better!
Mike - eating your pop rocks eh? Must be a cultural thing - I'll go Google, quick.

Found it:
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/arti ... ea-monkeys

Yeah. Not a Princess, but the sea monkey Mom in a crown, I suppose.
I always thought she was more than a little, uh, hot, you know. Must have been the intriguing nudity, and that smile.
And my being 13, of course. Wowsa.

Not quite so randy now I've read this, mind you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brine_shrimp

[traveller1st]

C'mon Smithy, really? You don't know pop rocks? Maybe you remember it called "Space Candy?"

[Seagull]

LMAO!

http://sea-monkeys.com/

Item No. 13
Crustacean College Diploma . . . $16.OO
Get a College Degree with a Real Diploma certifying you as a Sea-Monkey Scientist!

(third from the bottom)

If this is a success you can add to your credentials!

[Tahoe27]

I use Sea Monkeys every day.

Still have Pop Rocks...just don't drink them with Coke! myth of course.

I'm not holding out much hope for your monkeys glurk...