When Work Affects the Dr.'s Visit

[Igorina]

So, I'm sick. My sinuses are overloaded with plant sperm and an oppurtunistic bacteria has decided to make my life more interesting.

I went to the doctor's today and was prescribed a powerful decongestant, and then came the fun part; the doctor trying to find an antibiotic he can give me.

See...we use antibiotic-resistant strains of E. coli in the lab for sequencing. So there are three antibiotics I can't use, in addidtion to the two I'm allergic to.

Don't get me wrong, I love my job, but I just wish it wouldn't affect what can and cannot be done for my health in such a way.

[Trayol]

I'm sorry to hear that. i hope you can get well as soon as possible.

plant sperm

I've never thought of it like that. Thanks.

[Igorina]

I've never thought of it like that. Thanks.

Always happy to help another person look sideways at the Natural World.

[AnaKhouri]

My husband is a scientist, but luckily he doesn't work with anything like that! He did work with the HPV virus once but something-or-other had been removed so it couldn't replicate.

That has to be frustrating. I sympathize, I have the greatest respect for scientists!

[Soulstealer]

This is why I always loved my biology classes. Learning that nature bukkake's you every spring is why I'm not allowed to explain science to my younger siblings and cousin.


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[fma_fanatic]

This is why I always loved my biology classes. Learning that nature bukkake's you every spring is why I'm not allowed to explain science to my younger siblings and cousin.


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*shudder* I may never see pollen the same way again.

[Andara Bledin]

Learning that nature bukkake's you every spring

You are now the proud winnar of the intarwebs.



Seriously, that line alone is comedy gold.

^-.-^

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

This is why I always loved my biology classes. Learning that nature bukkake's you every spring is why I'm not allowed to explain science to my younger siblings and cousin.

Wow. I wonder what would've happened if I wrote something like that as an answer to a biology class test question.

"Every spring, it's as if we lay down and let all the plants around us have a nice round of bukkake on our bodies"

[Igorina]

Wow. I wonder what would've happened if I wrote something like that as an answer to a biology class test question.

"Every spring, it's as if we lay down and let all the plants around us have a nice round of bukkake on our bodies"

Based on my experiences in my college courses, I could have gotten away with that answer.

Then again I had a general Zoology professor that drank beer when we were studying anaerobic respiration, and a Entomology TA that described the human pubic louse as, 'The Butterfly of Looove'.

[Triscuitty]

That makes me think of a part from the book Animal Dreams, when the main character tells her students that flowers are the sex organs of plants, and the boys should keep that in mind when they're buying corsages for their prom dates.

[myswtghst]

Then again I had a general Zoology professor that drank beer when we were studying anaerobic respiration, and a Entomology TA that described the human pubic louse as, 'The Butterfly of Looove'.

I had an Anatomy TA who would give me points on pop quizzes if, when I didn't know the answer, I managed to make her laugh with my BS. I definitely wouldn't have passed that lab if it weren't for her.

I also had a fisheries prof who brewed his own beer, and had a fish cookout/beer-tasting at his house at the end of semester for us. It was pretty sweet.

[Igorina]

You wanna talk about weird in a biology class? Back in the day when I was going for a marine biology degree, I took a marine invertebrate biology class. The one thing I remember from that class?

In relation to size, the barnicle has the longest penis...8 times it's own body height.

My main Entomology prof. once described a fly as being the envy of every porn actor as it's penis was 2.5 times the length of the fly.

This same professor had no problem with us coming in at all hours to work in the lab, and so long as we cleaned up after ourselves we could eat in the lab. Many was the night when all 12 of us would potluck, or pool funds for pizza. And beer.

[ArcticChicken]

OK, now "plant sperm" is on my list of skin-crawlingly accurate terms, along with "scrambled chicken menstruation" and...... well, I can't actually remember what else is on the list. It would help if I wrote it down.

[Broomjockey]

"scrambled chicken menstruation"

I love that comic.

I had to read a short story in class once that referred to snow as... (I forget the exact phrasing, so forgive me) "frozen sperm falling from the great sky tree" or something like that.

[Eric the Grey]

Wow. I wonder what would've happened if I wrote something like that as an answer to a biology class test question.

"Every spring, it's as if we lay down and let all the plants around us have a nice round of bukkake on our bodies"

OK, now "plant sperm" is on my list of skin-crawlingly accurate terms, along with "scrambled chicken menstruation" and...... well, I can't actually remember what else is on the list. It would help if I wrote it down.

Ok, once again, I just had to:

Sinfest Comic Link (not really NSFW, but you might want to wait until you get home.)



Eric the Grey