Scientific Prankster Gifts

A moment with retired entomologist, Norman 'the torch' Walthrop.

'He's not as studious as he looks - his backpack is full of comic books.'

'Marsha, did you file the Peterson account on the cumulus, stratus, cirrus, or nimbus cloud?'

"Just for fun today we could fire some eggs around."

The Adventures of God

Aerodynamics Lecture room.

'The only problem is they're glued together. So I can't see the watch...or change the dead calculator batteries, but it's guaranteed for life...'

Why are you waving that big magnet over my hard drive?

They still don't get it, do they? They can't see we're aping them!

"I trust him - he has a science background."

'Catch this!'

'Checkmate!'

"We've run all the technical stuff and found the cause of the funny sound coming from your computer."

The Ascent of Man.

'I accidentally hacked into Mom's microwave oven.'

"The favourite practical joke amongst Big Bang theorists"

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

'If you don't behave we'll unfreeze your stem cells!'

"It's the formula for a black hole."

'The mysteries of hyena laughter deciphered.'

Extremely Realistic Virtual Reality.

Early Scientific Fraud: Young Thomas Edison Tried to Pass off a Container Filled with Fireflies as an Incandescent Bulb.

I send greetings from the planet OOM!

The Hard Drive Ate My Homework.

"Dark energy's hard to detect because it's made from happiness."

"My dad said I couldn't scare him, so I'm hiding all his data like it was erased. Get ready for a loud scream."

Wishing Well

'Which one do you think Dracula's in?'

'Okay! Who changed my screensaver?'

"Now watch his reaction when I cough on him."

"Yeah, I've been radio-tagged by scientists, so once a week, out of spite, I do something irrational just to mess up their data..."

I wasn't cheating...I was getting a second opinion.

Recombinant DNA Lab.