quarta-feira, dezembro 28, 2011

You know you´re a biologist/biotech when...

  • You open the toothpaste with one hand.
  • You wash your hands before and after using to the washroom.
  • When you hear tween, you think of the surfactant not the age group.
  • For you, media is something which increases your culture.
  • You can identify organs on roadkills.
  • You have a callus on your thumb.
  • You use the word "aliquot" in regular sentences.
  • Sometimes you momentarily vanish from social activities because of a timepoint.
  • You've never worn a clean lab coat.
  • You don't fear rodents, rodents fear you.
  • You say "orders of magnitude" in regular sentences.
  • You flinch when you hear the word "significant".
  • Showing up at 10AM and having a coffee is a productive day.
  • You can't stand god-like physicians, while secretly wishing you had their job.
  • You're very good at diluting things.
  • You're also very good at transferring small amounts of liquid between containers.
  • You are fed up of people saying alcohol, when they mean ethanol.
  • You hear the word ‘Molar’ and teeth are the last thing on your mind.
  • You say “conjugation” instead of “sex”, and "pili" sounds dirty.
  • SOB is not an insult, it's what you grow your bugs in.
  • You say "mills" and "megs".
  • No-one in your family has any idea what you do. (so true:-)).
  • You can make a short film in power point.
  • You consider a green laser pointer to be science bling.
  • A falcon is not a bird....
  • And you have 5 of them with different types of water.
  • When your fruits go bad and you get fruit flies, you can't help but check their eye colour.
  • You own invitrogen t-shirts and actually wear them.
  • You think that drosophila geneticists have a good sense of humour.
  • You refer to your children as the F1.
  • You've suffered carpal tunnel from the pipetman.
  • You've used kimwipes as kleenex.
  • A timer clipped to the hip is not only practical, but dead sexy.
  • You've played Battleship using tip boxes.
  • The front pages of Science is your light reading.
  • You think the following is a quality insult: "I've seen cells more competent than you!".
  • The scent of latex reminds you of work, not play.
  • You're looking for a cooking book by maniatis.
  • You've made dry ice grenades.
  • You've lost many friends to ice grenades...

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