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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...)

The thought had occurred...

And I'll stick with 'de jour', as opposed to 'de nuit'.

*cough*

oh the times of innocence... ;)

hope you get it out then! So more people will know what PdJ does.

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