Re: [HoE] Peanut Butter as a Mutagen

[Matthew DeForrest <mmdeforrest@worldnet.att.net>]

Wesley Anderson wrote:

> OK, a friend just told me that Peanut Butter has Mutagenic properties?
> Has anyone else ever heard this and what does it mean to all the mutants
> after the holocaust?
>
> Interesting....
> Wes

If I remember, Wes, peanut butter was found to be mildly carcenogenic (a
type of mutagen, perhaps...) based on its interaction with a type of mole.
It was not determined to be dangerous enough to even slap on a warning
label.

If you were going to do something like this, you might want to mutate the
mole first which, in turn, begins to cause mutations in a peanut-growing
community.  How a posse could stop such a thing is a little less clear to me
(or how this particular idea could be made into an interesting game....
Perhaps using it as a red herring?)

Hope this helps.

Matt
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