Research Detective Mugs

Mouse with map exiting maze.

"What's that? I asked for a teal lichen. That's a brown thread. Are you trying to upset me?"

'That large, rolled up newspaper is a reminder - mess up in this office and you'll pay the price.'

STRIP Hambone: Fix it yourself

"Here...let me call an expert...someone who knows about these things."

'Mark my word, Walters, this is no ordinary virus.'

Roentgen tries to figure out what he's discovered.

Man in office, desk covered in computer equipment, uses floor for photos, desk pads etc.

We have a problem with your research. We're Encyclopedia Britannica and you're Wikipedia.

"It seemed like a long timeout."

A Young Boy Talking To An Old Gentleman.

Newton's Law and Order.

"Miss Jenkins, e-mail the housekeeper. Her telecommuting days are over"

Micro and Macro Department,

Don't forget to read the small print.

"Your curriculum vitae is extremely detailed, isn't it? I don't quite know what to make of the fact that your third-grade teacher, Miss Hartley, made you stand in the corner for throwing an eraser although another kid did it."

Jean, bring me everything we've got on gravity.

"You say in your resume that you're very meticulous."

"I just audited our books. Your register came up five cents short, Rudy."

"Do you swear you haven't embroidered the truth in your testimony today?"

Devil in the detail

'Miscellaneous' and 'Non-Miscellaneous' trays

'I can't remember the title,but it was on a little white piece of paper.'

"Where would we BE without the right DOCUMENTATION...?"

'I had laser eye surgery and I still can't find the remote.'

"Is it my imagination, or does our use of correction fluid increase as people's teeth get whiter?"

'My school has a very strict detention policy.'

"We need to talk about procrastination."

"Play the last presidential debate....hold on....first take our all the lies and stuff..."

"Before I give you my resume, I'd like to know how thorough you fact check."

Files of Doom

When pedants take a break.

'Talk about paranoid. He reads the fine print on his money.'

"So in other words, we're hoping to discover what makes the nitty, gritty."