I’d totally go buy a little Christmas tree just to hang these adorable ornaments:
Of course, I’d rather buy the normal plush microbes to stick in the tree so I can keep displaying them all year long… But come on, how can you not love mononucleosis underneath some mistletoe?! So adorable.
…Yes, I know: biologists are weird.
oooh ! Too cute :)
I want those VX gas thingies from the movie The Rock. Now that would be something cool to hang on the Christmas tree.
Order placed. Awesome. Will go with my FSM tree topper http://littlelioness.net/2009/12/07/xxxmas-tree-2009/
I’m the proud owner of a (non-Christmas) Fat Cell. :)
Ah, thank you. Perfect gifts. Love Christmas.
PS: I think Jeph’s doing a pretty good job of presenting Dora’s behavior as being due to a combination of genuine and realistic psychological issues she still needs to resolve, and her having internalized ambient cultural biases about women being emotional and irrational and finding validation, or at least a dampening of what should be red flags, in it.
The E. Coli looks rather like the Flying Spaghetti Monster.Oh, and off Topic: Do you agree, that most Atheists should or do not have a big problem with Holidays? Read my article about it: http://www.uncompromising-rhet…
If you like cutesy microorganisms, you should check out Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M…I think y0u’d enjoy it.
I love those little plushies. I remember when I first found that site a long time ago.
“But come on, how can you not love mononucleosis underneath some mistletoe?!”Maybe if you’ve just gotten over a case of it :| (well at least most of the symptoms are gone).
o_OI’m less confused by this nonsequitur as I am weirded out by the fact that I just read QC before coming here.
Ha! Mono! Mistletoe!I SEE WHAT THEY DID THERE!
Jen, you’ll probably end up being discussed on Bill O’Reilly as proof that the War on Christmas is real. See, you’re promoting diseases! For Christmas!!!
Wow! I was actually thinking of buying my friends plush STDs from that site for Christmas, but now that I know they have a Christmas pack, I have the perfect gift! XD
HOLY RETROVIRUS! Those are even more full of win than the regular versions!
That Ecoli looks suspiciously like His Noodly Goodness.Ramen.
E. Coli – so cute! I’m not a biologist, and I love these!
Ooh, I want a holiday brain cell! They _do_ tend to get killed off around that time…I recently had to give a big immunology talk, and my husband gave me a plush white blood cell for good luck. It’s staring at me right now. It has an oddly eager/helpful/dim expression on its ‘face’ – ‘Can I kill sumpin for you, Boss?’
I gave the mono plush as a valentine’s gift one year.
OK…I guess I just have a geeky family. Both my girls (one microbiology major graduate and one liberal arts student) love these. And I want them for work…
Sadly, all my brain cells are already a little fuzzy …
I took my 11 year old niece & her friend shopping – they debated long and hard on whether to buy the HPV fuzzy or the E COLI fuzzy for their friend’s birthday. Great way to introduce kids to biology.
I’m replying to her Twitter messages appearing in the sidebar without actually drinking the Twitter kool-aid. This was the closest convenient thread.
then you’re prime to pass it on, right? *knows little about it ‘cept I’ve had it apparently*
those are about the cutest things ever. can i confess something? i’ve always confused the term “plushie” with the sexual culture of people who put on fur or faux fur suits before having sex, commonly known as ‘furries.’ whenever people use that word i ‘go there’ in my mind. i’m not a furry, in fact they’ve always confused me a bit, for all i’m 100% in favor of any and all kinks between consenting adults. but still, i read people talking about plushies and i wonder if they are secret or not so secret furries. it’s a very odd sub-culture and if i were still doing anthro i’d write a paper about them.
OMY I loveplushie microbes, I think Clymadia is really cute. Well, not the real thing anyway, nvm, their even cutier with little santa hats! Adorable!
I BOUGHT MINE! http://littlelioness.net/2010/…
I have about 15 or so different plush microbes flying around my house and classroom at any given time. Last night I was tossing Ebola at my daughters while we were watching a movie….I also use them for hallpasses and as funny mailbox stuffers for fellow teachers. They always seem to know where they’ve come from – wonder why!?!??!