by neufer » Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:40 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-leaf_clover wrote:
<<
It has been estimated that there are approximately 10,000 three-leaf clovers for every four-leaf clover. It is debated whether the fourth leaflet is caused genetically or environmentally. Its relative rarity suggests a possible recessive gene appearing at a low frequency. Alternatively, four-leaf clovers could be caused by somatic mutation or a developmental error of environmental causes. They could also be caused by the interaction of several genes that happen to segregate in the individual plant. It is possible all four explanations could apply to individual cases.
Certain companies produce four-leaf clovers using different means. Richard Mabey alleges, in Flora Britannica, that there are farms in the US which specialize in four-leaf clovers, producing as many as 10,000 a day (to be sealed in plastic as "lucky charms") by feeding a secret, genetically-engineered ingredient to the plants to encourage the aberration (there are, however, widely-available cultivars that regularly produce leaves with multiple leaflets) . Mabey also states that children learn that a five-leaved clover is even luckier than a four-leaved one. Five-leaf clovers are less commonly found naturally than four-leaf clovers; however, they, too, have been successfully cultivated.>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Luck_of_the_Fryrish wrote:
<<"The Luck of the Fryrish" is the
fourth episode in season
three of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on March 11, 2001. The episode opens in the mid-1970s, where a young Yancy Fry is jealous of his newborn brother Philip, and copies him in anything he can. In the year 3000, Fry is getting fed up with his bad luck in a horse rally. In a flashback, Fry discovers a seven-leaf clover, which grants him extraordinary luck and allows him to beat his brother in any contest, from basketball to breakdancing. Fry sets off, with Turanga Leela and Bender, to find his clover in the ruins of Old New York and makes his way to his old house.
Back in the 1980s, a teenage Fry hides the seven-leaf clover inside his Ronco record vault in his copy of The Breakfast Club soundtrack. In the year 3000, Fry remembers the combination, but when the safe is stuck, Bender opens it up for him. Unfortunately, Fry discovers that the clover is missing, concluding that Yancy must have stolen it. They happen across a statue of whom they believe to be Yancy, with the seven-leaf clover in his lapel. The inscription: “
Philip J. Fry - First person on Mars” angers Fry because he believes Yancy stole his name and his dream.
"
That clover helped my rat-faced brother steal my dream of going into space."
Professor Farnsworth pulls up a biographical movie about “Philip J. Fry,” where the crew learns that he was a millionaire rock star astronaut, and is now buried (with the seven-leaf clover) in Orbiting Meadows National Cemetery, a graveyard orbiting Earth. A furious Fry sets off to rob Philip J. Fry's grave and recover the clover. The story jumps back to the early 21st century, where an adult Yancy is rummaging through his missing brother’s music to find something to play at his wedding. Yancy discovers the seven-leaf clover and takes it.
Fry, Leela and Bender reach the grave site, and start digging, but Fry knocks loose some moss that is covering part of an inscription on Yancy's tombstone, and begins to read. The story jumps back to Yancy, who is discussing naming his newborn son with his wife. Yancy didn't keep Fry's clover; instead, he gave it to his newborn son and named him Philip J. Fry II. The inscription on the tomb reads “Here Lies Philip J. Fry, named for his uncle, to carry on his
Spirit.” Bender finds the clover, and he offers to mess up the corpse, but Fry returns the clover to his nephew’s grave as "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds (from the Breakfast Club soundtrack) rolls over the end credits.>>
[quote=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-leaf_clover"]
<<[b]It has been estimated that there are approximately 10,000 three-leaf clovers for every four-leaf clover[/b]. It is debated whether the fourth leaflet is caused genetically or environmentally. Its relative rarity suggests a possible recessive gene appearing at a low frequency. Alternatively, four-leaf clovers could be caused by somatic mutation or a developmental error of environmental causes. They could also be caused by the interaction of several genes that happen to segregate in the individual plant. It is possible all four explanations could apply to individual cases.
Certain companies produce four-leaf clovers using different means. Richard Mabey alleges, in Flora Britannica, that there are farms in the US which specialize in four-leaf clovers, producing as many as 10,000 a day (to be sealed in plastic as "lucky charms") by feeding a secret, genetically-engineered ingredient to the plants to encourage the aberration (there are, however, widely-available cultivars that regularly produce leaves with multiple leaflets) . Mabey also states that children learn that a five-leaved clover is even luckier than a four-leaved one. Five-leaf clovers are less commonly found naturally than four-leaf clovers; however, they, too, have been successfully cultivated.>>[/quote]
[quote=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Luck_of_the_Fryrish"]
<<"The Luck of the Fryrish" is the [b]fourth[/b] episode in season [b]three[/b] of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on March 11, 2001. The episode opens in the mid-1970s, where a young Yancy Fry is jealous of his newborn brother Philip, and copies him in anything he can. In the year 3000, Fry is getting fed up with his bad luck in a horse rally. In a flashback, Fry discovers a seven-leaf clover, which grants him extraordinary luck and allows him to beat his brother in any contest, from basketball to breakdancing. Fry sets off, with Turanga Leela and Bender, to find his clover in the ruins of Old New York and makes his way to his old house.
Back in the 1980s, a teenage Fry hides the seven-leaf clover inside his Ronco record vault in his copy of The Breakfast Club soundtrack. In the year 3000, Fry remembers the combination, but when the safe is stuck, Bender opens it up for him. Unfortunately, Fry discovers that the clover is missing, concluding that Yancy must have stolen it. They happen across a statue of whom they believe to be Yancy, with the seven-leaf clover in his lapel. The inscription: “[b]Philip J. Fry - [color=#FF0000]First person on Mars[/color][/b]” angers Fry because he believes Yancy stole his name and his dream.
"[b][color=#0000FF]That clover helped my rat-faced brother steal my dream of going into space[/color][/b]."
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Professor Farnsworth pulls up a biographical movie about “Philip J. Fry,” where the crew learns that he was a millionaire rock star astronaut, and is now buried (with the seven-leaf clover) in Orbiting Meadows National Cemetery, a graveyard orbiting Earth. A furious Fry sets off to rob Philip J. Fry's grave and recover the clover. The story jumps back to the early 21st century, where an adult Yancy is rummaging through his missing brother’s music to find something to play at his wedding. Yancy discovers the seven-leaf clover and takes it.
Fry, Leela and Bender reach the grave site, and start digging, but Fry knocks loose some moss that is covering part of an inscription on Yancy's tombstone, and begins to read. The story jumps back to Yancy, who is discussing naming his newborn son with his wife. Yancy didn't keep Fry's clover; instead, he gave it to his newborn son and named him Philip J. Fry II. The inscription on the tomb reads “Here Lies Philip J. Fry, named for his uncle, to carry on his [b][color=#FF0000]Spirit[/color][/b].” Bender finds the clover, and he offers to mess up the corpse, but Fry returns the clover to his nephew’s grave as "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds (from the Breakfast Club soundtrack) rolls over the end credits.>>[/quote]