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Reality emulates fanta^D^D The Simpsons

Ever heard of a tomacco-plant? Homer Simpson invented it and got rich, due to the fact that it was highly addictive. Guess what? Now you can get it too...

Rob Baur, an operations analyst for a municipal waste water-treatment plant, actually succeeded in grafting a tomato plant onto tobacco roots and create a live tomacco-plant. Similar to Homer's plant it bore fruit, but it's not addictive like Homer's, it is more likely to get you killed.

Baur said he believes it's poisonous because it likely contains a lethal amount of nicotine. "I've got this one plant growing, and it's blooming again," Baur said. "I accidentally left the tomacco on the kitchen table, and my wife yelled at me, 'Get that thing out of the kitchen, you knucklehead!' Because it looks like a regular tomato."

Maybe we should try feeding it to some of the Big Tobacco company executives. Looks like a tomato, smells like a tomato, feels like a tomato... ...tastes like... Oops, bad tomatoes.

Except for the looking like a tomato part it sounds a lot like what cigarettes slowly do to you.

Wired News: Simpsons Plant Seeds of Invention

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