Here’s a series of illustrations of funny mistakes by scientists.
Jim Jourdane
They all seem to be about awkward things that occurred while doing field work, and I’m feeling left out. I sit in a lab with air conditioning and fluorescent lights, staring into a microscope. Nothing amusing ever happens to me.
Maybe I need to bring in a few crocodiles or let a troop of monkeys loose.
“or let a troop of monkeys loose”-What are students for?
OK, I’ll bite. How do you tell the difference between a fossil and a rock by licking it?
Those are pretty funny, and I like the drawing style. Favourite one was the finding the drug running heli pad. Sheesh.
@keithb:
I recall reading about this:
@keithb #2:
That was a new one to me too. Here you go.
Mine was going comet watching with my binoculars at the highest, and darkest spot in my suburb. I forgot that it was the local parking spot for canoodling couples until someone angrily reminded me. What kind of pervert watches comets anyway?
I nearly ended up seeing a different kind of stars.
It’s a damn good job we computer scientists don’t do field trips.
Because none of your stuff would work.
Have you no Emeritus English Professors? no 2nd Year undergrads?
Donald Currey deserves a mention:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rusk_Currey
I work in a lab. Cats fall out of the ceiling every now and then; that’s kind of exciting.
latsot — None of our damn stuff works. I think it’s that mid-day field work at the local pub. What’s your theory?
Poopyhead is, of course, dissembling, failing to mention his frequent trips to the disguised undersea secret hollowed-out volcanoes, where there are things growing in the vats…