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    • You Might Be a Microbiologist If...

      Friday, 04 Apr 2008 - 20:25 GMT

      ... you wash your hands BEFORE you go to the bathroom.

      Of all the habits I will have to break once I leave grad school, this one’s not so bad.

      Last updated: Friday, 04 Apr 2008 - 20:25 GMT

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        • Date:
          Friday, 04 Apr 2008 - 21:35 GMT
          Richard Grant said:

          oh yes…

        • Date:
          Friday, 04 Apr 2008 - 21:38 GMT
          Nuruddeen Lewis said:

          I think it should probably say, “before and after”.

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          Friday, 04 Apr 2008 - 21:43 GMT
          Anna Kushnir said:

          Ha! Good call, Nuruddeen. Let it be known that my microbiologist upbringing has not affected the stringency of my personal hygiene.

        • Date:
          Friday, 04 Apr 2008 - 21:50 GMT
          Anna Kushnir said:

          Yea, ok, my last comment made no sense. I think my brain is leaking out from all this thesis-izing.

        • Date:
          Friday, 04 Apr 2008 - 22:09 GMT
          Cath Ennis said:

          It made sense to me, but it’s late on a Friday so that might not mean much.

        • Date:
          Saturday, 05 Apr 2008 - 08:31 GMT
          Henry Gee said:

          ... you can manipulate five different objects simultaneously without any of them touching the table.

          ... if you do all things with culture and sensitivity.

        • Date:
          Saturday, 05 Apr 2008 - 17:02 GMT
          Kyrsten Jensen said:

          Also, you might be a microbiologist if you see a sink and think that maybe you should wash your hands. Working with pathogens, it was not uncommon to see people wash their hands with the compulsion of a person with OCD

        • Date:
          Wednesday, 09 Apr 2008 - 03:04 GMT
          Nuruddeen Lewis said:

          You may be a microbiologist if every time you walk past a bottle of 70% ethanol, you just have to clean your hands with it.


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