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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Lab safety

I recently noticed that an important safety feature was missing from our lab, so I rushed to supply it:

Note the red tassel. 'Raptors despise red tassels, true fact.

Do you know how many casualties per year there are, due to people getting sucked into space-time warps and having no arms to defend themselves against the lizard-men of dimension X? Or dinosaurs? Do you?

Didn't think so. You'll thank me when all that stands between you and a pack of hungry 'raptors is your trusty lab-spear. Here is a close-up of the safety-sign I made - you are welcome to use it in your own lab. Just don't forget to replace the safety spear if one of your colleagues has been sucked into the warp.

4 comments:

  1. I happen to know *precisely* how many "casualties per year there are, due to people getting sucked into space-time warps and having no arms to defend themselves against the lizard-men of dimension X" - though it should be noted that lizard men inhabit dimension Q. The ones in X are all amphibious - but it's such a cute notion I'll keep that handy statistic to myself.

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  2. Thanks for the heads-up about the dimensions, wouldn't want to mix them up. I am pretty sure the confusion arose because, in German, it is pretty difficult to differentiate between a shouted X and Q, especially when shouted through a space-time warp while being strangled by the lizard-men of dimension Q.

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  3. And not everybody takes the trouble to differentiate between salamander people and lizard people.

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  4. I don't read your blog for a couple months, and then when I do, this is what I see. Tsk tsk! You seriously think a spear would be sufficient to ward off a ravenous pack of lizard men. You work in a plasma lab, correct? Wouldn't a Light Sabre or a ray gun have been more appropriate. You will be giving those poor time warped souls a false sense of security!

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