Chia Power

Chia Jesus

Given up on Chia Obama? Try this:

Thanks to the Westminster Presbyterian Church high school youth Cabaret program, in Minneapolis.

Chia Beatles?

Recently, about 1/2 the visitors to this site have been searching for Chia Pets for holiday gift giving. Now you can choose from Chia Obama, George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Scooby, Tweety, and now George, Paul, John and Ringo!

Imagine!

WARNING!!!

Chia seeds may be hazardous to your plumbing!!

 Blogger Kevin Gannon has been trying to grow a Chia Obama without much success.

But in the process, he's accidentally grown chia seeds in a few other places, for example, in this margarita glass, and,  UNFORTUNATELY, in the drain of his sink!!

I've done the same thing. And I almost had to call the plumber!! Draino to the rescue!!

So be sure to clean up after your chia planting experiments.

Don't pour your chia gel down the drain.

Flush it, instead!!

As Heard On Radio Disney (Apparently)

Kids-Don't try this at home!

Mental Engineering

Comedians and professors dissect the Chia Pet commercial on Public TV!

In Bad Taste

There are lots and lots of bad chia pet jokes out there on the internet, but this has got to be one of the worst.

Chia Britney - The Movie - video powered by Metacafe

From the Annals of Improbable Research

Back in 1998, (when he should have been working on his Ph.D. dissertation on Surf Clams at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences of Rutgers University), Eric J. Weissberger published this entertaining but superficial treatment of the evolution of chia pets in the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR).

AIR is the organization that each year awards The Ig Nobel Prize to honor achievements that "first make people laugh, and then make them think". The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative -- and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology. Last year the Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry went to Mayu Yamamoto of the International Medical Center of Japan,       for developing a way to extract vanillin -- vanilla fragrance and flavoring       -- from cow dung.

Anyway,  Dr. Weissberger  investigated the family Chiaceae (chia pets), which he claims is the first known missing link between plants and animals. He discusses the nature of the cardboard cocoon and the role played by the human host in facilitating the synchronous hatching of chia pets on December 25th each year.

Dr. Weissberger speculations that chia pets are  descended from a common ancestor (i.e., they are monophyletic), but acknowledges that convergent evolution cannot be ruled out from the (non-existent) fossil record.

He goes on to suggest that chia pets may, in fact, be closely related to humans, as evidenced by the existence of the Chia Professor!

Unfortunately, Dr. Weissberger now works at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and has turned his back on his earlier work with chia pets. He has become known as an expert on surf clams!

Experimental Chia Pet!

Interactive website: http://krazydad.com/defacement/

Have fun!!

Chia Pets Threaten New Mexico

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