Lab Dweller Mugs

'I pledge allegiance to the atom, and to the periodic table on which it stands, many particles indivisible, with orbitals and electrons for all.'

Damn. Out of quarters again for the Pay Electron Microscope.

"Hurry up with more eleventh dimension funding!"

'Get a half-life Mrs Curie.'

"Now don't expect any miracles. I'm only a para-scientist."

'Noticeboard? I forgot it was there to be honest.'

'I'll be late for dinner, dear. I'm up to my neck in paperwork.'

The Art Student.

'Dr.Sall Thompson got so excited over the new spring design she took a quantum leap!'

"You're going to have to submit to peer review eventually, Bradshaw!"

"You have to believe what you're doing will lead to something valuable, even though it probably won't."

"No, ma'am. I'm not sure what the difference is between being creative or just plain weird."

Gen-Next Library

"Not that I have the time, but I enjoy reading."

"Oh, this old thing?"

"Author does not do tricks."

'A problem with the Phase II trials. Everyone - all the people - was given the placebo, and no one got the drug.'

"Yep, I've read this chapter before."

''Science moves but slowly, slowly, creeping on from point to point.' Tennyson.'

In case of emergency, break glass.

'How's the gene-splicing going? Cloned any new hepatitis antibodies?'

'Simply put.'

The Lessons of VietnamThe Lessons of Iran and ContraThe Lessons of Iraq.

Muhammad Ali publishes a popup book.

"I'm going to get you fired."

'Let's agree to dispense with the rules of nomenclature and call it compound X.'

"He wants to study bacteria to relate to the counter culture."

''A desk job.' That's what they called it at the interview.' 'Same here.' 'SHH!'

'I'm going to have to give up drinking and drugs when I leave uni - to pay off my bank loan.'

"Pssst! - Gerald, you've mutated again. . ."

"My first night in the lab and I was clearly the smallest brain in the place."

Man browsing books see couple kissing in romance section of book store.

Opening the Barrel

"One day mommy's slime molds will all be yours!"

"I wish my Dad would get off my back! It's only been nine years and he wants to know if I've picked a major yet!"