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Laughter might not be the best, but it is certainly a pretty good medicine,
and
when properly applied it has few unpleasant side effects. Of course, the best
humour is when we poke fun at ourselves.
Here are a few good ones, mostly along the theme of science and biology. Some
are mine; most are not. If you
do not have a sense of humour please move on; otherwise, enjoy!
My secret lives . . . .
as
a Hollywood crewman,
the CEO of the Appraisal Institute of Canada,
a soccer player,
a tennis player,
a security expert,
a social worker (posing
with Charlize Theron!),
and
a hotel manager (with the US gymnastics team).
Rejection letter.-
When all else fails, try this if you dare and get your paper published,
guaranteed!. (G. A. Lozano - there are variants and shameless copies online, but
this is the original.
And another one on the same topic, not mine).
A really bad pun.- What do
you call it when unmarried ants have sex? ....formication! (G. A. Lozano -
but I am
guessing this one must have been independently conceived many times).
My favourite animal.-
The warthog!..... what other animal would vehemently refuse to share its warts?
(G.L.).
One of my favourite poems.- not funny but very
amusing.
Top-down control.- Refuted!!
Life-history.- Succinctly explained.
Hypotheses.-
Who needs them, anyway?
Constructive criticism.-
The cornerstone of good science.
Progress report.-
The best humour has shades of the truth.
Pet hypothesis.- Never let data
interfere with interpretation!
Jean Who??.-
Keeping Canadians in our place (from the Korean Herald).
Buzz-word Bingo.- You will never
again be bored at meetings or seminars.
Trouble with Math?.-
Try this Korean toothpaste! I desperately but fruitlessly wandered the streets
of Seoul in search of one for algebra and statistics (yes, it is a legitimate
dental term, but I still think it is funny!)
The Medium is the
Message...observed Marshall McLuhan, and technology is
making it more so. As audio-visual aids go,
I
doubt
flashiest Powerpoint presentation will ever rival the poignancy of a
Palaeolithic cave painting.
Fourscore and seven years ago.- The powerpoint version, from Peter Norvig.
Scientific writing.-
Calvin, that sarcastic 6-year old genius, put it best: “...the purpose of
(scientific) writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure reasoning and inhibit
clarity. With a little practice it can become an intimidating and impenetrable
fog”.
... and some funny (peculiar) and unusual facts about Estonia.
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