Lab Life Aficionado Gifts

Science Friction.

"Have you dined with us before?"

'More or less?'

"Oh, not bad, except that the entomologists keep bugging me."

"My older self travels back just to remind me to put the cap back on this pen?"

Though he created more than 300 products from peanuts, George Washington Carver was unable to change even one of them back into a peanut.

'Poor Kleinzweck -- his working hypothesis got laid off.'

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

'How about a toast to my breakthrough?!'

"What lead you to growing human tests in a test tube?"

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

"If we crunch the numbers, it should have zero calories."

Genetic Fingerprinting.

"Liife! Give my conversation Liife!"

'I'm growing mini human brains from stem cells.'

'I don't believe it - if this evidence is correct it'll rock the very foundations of our research grant application.'

"Okay, who's been messing with the copy machine?"

'Wow! Oh, wait -- It's only a Nobel consolation prize.'

'Hey, it's that peeping Tom again, the one who has no respect for privacy.'

'You've made a breakthrough in FINANCIAL research?', 'Yep! - I split the ATM!'

Frankenfish

'Just for kicks, let's come up with something that has a good side effect.'

'The probability of someone watching you is proportional to the stupidity of your actions.'

Dr. Darrin found her peer review process unnerving.

'Your test results are in - and here's a first, the Lab Techs have asked to meet you.'

"I feel so seen right now."

Test-tube people

'I don't know whether we should call the world pres or keep quiet?'

Impartial Testing: "Eeny, meeny, money, moe..."

"The search for a new painkiller has been a real headache."

'Colds! Sore throats! Flue! Did anyone ever tell you you're a hypochondriac?'

'Sorry, Professor Kleinzweck -- your 'Chaos Theory' program just crashed.'

"Cloning is all very well in theory, but do you have any proof it can actually work?"

"It started with a simple case of peer review."

'I didn't exactly write the article, but...well, I didn't exactly do the research either.'