100% not talking about anyone at my work. But "I heard a story" about two senior professors who had been invited to give talks over in California about some research they'd been working on.… (View Post)

The only pheasant I've ever had was 'accidentally run over' by a farmer uncle on his way home. Two brace of them in fact. Very unlucky birds, it seems. Also the only time I've had a swan egg. Another… (View Post)

When I started working in academia I was taken aside by an old-time 'technician' (lab coat, tugged his forelock, was one of the inventors of Radar). He explained to me to treat it as "care out o… (View Post)

Aren't you all, said the Triffid. (View Post)

Don't know if he's on the poop-pills, just did a search for 'elon musk yacht' as it was the first 'not very youthful rust belt' thing that popped into mind. (View Post)