Conversation n the student office between myself and my young apprentice Beta Gal, just now (edited):
BK: I'm the only person in the world who knows what Protein-de-Jour does!
BG: Ooh! What?
BK: <Explanation>
BG: We're the only two people who know!
BK: Four. Four people.
BG: Who else? <Speculation>
BK: <Indicates other students> These two.
BG: If you tell anyone I'll kill you!
It's a cut-throat world, science.




Comments
You *hope* that you're the only one, and that there isn't another lab just submitting the final version of a manuscript all about your Protein-du-jour.
(By the way, it's "du jour" ("of the day") not "de jour" ("of day"). Anyone else would have gotten away with it, of course...)
Posted by: Eva | July 31, 2008 12:58 PM
The thought had occurred...
And I'll stick with 'de jour', as opposed to 'de nuit'.
*cough*
Posted by: bk | July 31, 2008 01:05 PM
oh the times of innocence... ;)
hope you get it out then! So more people will know what PdJ does.
Posted by: chall | August 1, 2008 02:37 AM