Lab Life Fan Gifts

'No, seriously. I'm in medicine. Cutting edge stuff. I work in a lab downtown.'

"Oh, oh - it's getting into organic."

"The statistician is coming over to explain why this is perfectly normal."

Lazy Octopus

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

"Sorry mum, but I just don't get the decimal system..."

"Well, if you didn't do anything in North Korea, then why do they keep launching missiles at us?"

'I don't KNOW what I'm doing -- this is pure research!'

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

"Teddy, you call this a 'clean room'?"

'...and another thing - why do I always have to sleep in the wet spot?'

"I'm afraid this whole experiment is about to go south."

Dr. Darrin found her peer review process unnerving.

Rats in a laboratory labelled: 'Test, Control, Pet.'

"So far so good, Bill's reverse psychology was working: no contenders had challenged him..."

"You will note that their ability to comprehend, assess and process information increases dramatically when Professor Podhertz throws in the cat."

Control and Out of Control Group

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

'Today's unwilling nude model is Ralph.'

'This isn't either a fad! -- It's a major breakthrough!'

'I've got one of those wobbly forwards trolleys!'

"They fired me...but how was I to know that human businesses don't hunt and eat their clients??"

'More or less?'

Octopus gets tickled pink

Jellyfish ventriloquists,

'Test results are back. Coffee, donuts, sleep deprivation. Doc, you've got to start taking better care of yourself.'

'Are you sure his hat was like that when we started?'

Walter The Sea Monster

Scientific Tea.

'I know! He has the worst breath!'

'I blame my careers advisor. In a species whose teeth are continually replaced, there just isn't much call for dentistry.'

"I said, we're gettin' low on ice."

Octopuses surf too.

Scientist cleans lab window.