Cheesehead Legalese

With a Packer game this afternoon, it is only appropriate to post this information found originally on Boing Boing and WKOW-TV27/News. (Even Microbe World picked it up):

MADISON (WKOW) -- You may know Wisconsin's state animal (the badger), the state bird (the robin), or even the state dance (the polka). Now Wisconsin lawmakers want to name an official state microbe.

It's called Lactococcus Lactis, and it's the microbe that turns milk into cheese. Supporters presented Assembly Bill 556 Thursday to the Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security.

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"We call those people who oppose it lactose intolerant," joked Gary Hebl (D-Sun Prairie), who is behind the bill.

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"I think other states would try to think of other, cooler microbes to pick but I don't think they could find one, so they'd be jealous," said Regina Whitemarsh, a microbiology student at UW-Madison.

Don't accuse Cheeseheads of having no sense of humor.