why wy?

Apologies for spotty blogging, I've been on cruise control since term started, but with assignments and homework piling, it's time to start the engine again.

The smurfs are an interesting society, from a genetic point of view, because they can't reproduce. They don't seem to die or get older either. Michael has just pointed out that there are two female smurfs, smurfette as well as sassette, who I don't remember at all from the cartoons. Then again, I wasn't a huge fan. Back to genetics - female smurfs are created from a petri dish, and even if they could reproduce, the male smurfs can't, so there is still no way to get baby smurfs, unless the smurfettes can reproduce asexually, like some insects and plants. Of course, there is the ontological argument as well, who created the first smurf et al, but it's friday after all.

And I know this is old hat, but how much would you pay for it?
(Last bad joke I'll make today, I promise.) Shopping and IQ is not an oxymoron, according to the Guardian, and there is even a quiz to rate your score.