Topper's Quote of the Day

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The Princess Club 

Episode 62

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"Reflection" was playing on my iPod when I read this, completely unintentionally.  

She does sound a little like Jasmine.

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E-mail I received at work. 

A fairly tame, seemingly friendly and healthy emu showed up at our house yesterday. The horses are deathly afraid of it. Does anyone want a pet emu?

--M

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During a training on our new gel doc system.

Trainer: Sure, let's take a picture of this.  What kind of fluorescence did you use? 

Trainee: Uh, blue and pink. 

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Uh, what?

This is from Emily, our half-Chinese summer student:

J-J and Yueping have Chinese accents and Yoko has a Japanese accent, and Luis has a Brazilian accent... I like white people.  

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Granddad: Did you take my machine gun when you took my other gun? 

Brother: Um... No.

Granddad: Are you sure?

Brother: Um...  Yes.

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On babies: 

Me: [I don't like them because] Stuff comes unexpectedly out of both ends.

Mary: Yeah, but the tube is cute! 

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Well, you see, when you become a doctor, you gain psychic powers.  And I can shoot a laser out of my forehead. 

--John, 4th year medical student. 

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What if your cell was a zygote and it ate itself?

--Emily, our summer student

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Aliens!

While watching Aliens, when the crew was woken up after space travel, Very Pale Guy in the movie led to this conversation.

Me: It's true.  In space, they'd get pretty white.

Julia: No, there's no atmosphere blocking UV rays!

Me: Julia, there's no windows. 

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Note: In tango, the traditional way to ask for a dance is to make eye contact.  If the eye contact is held, you then strike up a conversation before proceeding to dance. 

If she turns away - here's the great thing! - you can eye the girl next to her!

-Gustavo, tango instructor

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Kids

While I'm at HEB:

Little girl: I like your hair!

Me: Thanks.

Little girl: I want to touch your hair!

Me: ....

Her dad: Brianna! 

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Things you never think you'll actually hear.

Can't they see we're doing SCIENCE?!

--My coworker Luis complaining about the construction workers.

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Seen on the back of a semi:

How's my driving? I'm 100!

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Have we talked about my feelings on parentheses?

--Dr. I, Humanities professor

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Over at Barnes and Noble.

Mother to her sons:  Yes, but chess makes you smart.  Legos don't make you smart. 

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Note: I was greeting a coworker I hadn't seen in several weeks.

Me: Hi, Steven!

Steven: Do you know why not all exons begin with a start codon?