to think that Scientists just are n't putting in enough effort.

[CarefullEugene]

I want time travel, parallel universes and memory wiping.
I want to suspend my kids in stasis whilst I grasp exciting full on career opportunities a hundred miles away.
I want a parallel universe so that I can see if the electricity between me & 'him' could have sustained a full on relationship. Surely that not too much to ask?

Higgs Bosun, pah, where's my sci-fi dream promises you lazy cancer curing Scientists.

That's not funny, drjohnson.

During the eighties, my aunty slipped on a carelessly discarded bathroom sponge and banged her elbow.

HOW COULD YOU?

just snorted out a little tea at that

I have to point out though that jokes about cancer can be really fucking funny, especially when you're puking your ring up from chemo...lightening the mood a bit.

ah, but sponge cars ( which i like the idea of ) would only work if everyone had one otherwise people would just drive over you in traffic jams.

Could I have a car made out of a Victoria Sponge - it would give me something to do when queueing on the A40.

Police : Excuse me madam are you aware your drivers door is missing ( from your Victoria sponge car )

Driver : nomnomnomnom

I could bribe the officer with cake in an attempt to get away with it!

God sense of humour bypass for quite a few on here. How dare you make a joke OP!

Sponge cars? In this climate? As soon as it rained no fucker would move anywhere due to the weight surely?

I want some kind of electronic wardrobe that instantly dresses you in whatever you desire.

Or a makeover booth. "what would I look like with a short blond wig?" zap

"oh, I'd look shit"

ah but replicators in star trek use transporter technology so we'd need to get that working first. so far i think they only managed to sort of transport a photon, not even an atom.

I would luff a micro-elephant, about the size of a small suitcase. Oh the fun of bathing it

Can some scientists please hurry up and splice some dwarf genes into an elephant egg asap .

What do you mean, it's not that simple?

How about sponge front doors?

Don't knock them.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Higgs Bosun field discovery does lead to teleporting and the like given it's responsible for stopping particles zipping off at the speed of light.

Lashings - I think the dwarfism gene just shortens the legs - its what bassetts and dachshunds have. You'd probably just get a normal sized but very short elephant with that specification.... perhaps pygmy genes is what you need? Though a bassett-elephant would be awesome - just imagine the size of the ears!

OP - Memory wiping is here already. [http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/ff_forgettingpill/ Fascinating article]], definitely read it.

OP - Memory wiping is here already. Fascinating article, definitely read it.

Apparently, memory wiping is here already.

Apparently, memory wiping is here already.

Apparently, memory wiping is here already.

Has anyone heard anything about memory wiping? I'm sure I've read about it somewhere!

I also want a machine that washes, dries, irons and f

Pmsl tether.

Phone!

And folds laundry in one go. You just put dirty clothes through a hatch and the come out a conveyer belt the other side ready to put away or wear.

Do you think scientists could engineer some Mumsnetters a sense of humour after they've cured cancer?

There must be a dear little genome that cures cat's bum mouth.