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Thursday, June 18, 2009 Punny Research I was reading this and recalled that I actually did use a LOLcat--or rather, a LOLbacteria--in a presentation not too long ago. But in retrospect, it was probably overkill. My particular research topic just begs for bad puns. So much so that my advisor keeps griping, "We've got to find another name for this thing!" I shrug it off because, hey, it pretty much makes it a no-brainer when coming up with snappy (albeit groan-worthy) titles. After hearing the PI complain about it for the umpteenth time, one undergrad coined an alternative acronym that was hilariously worse. LAME. During the summer, the lab is trying out a new format for meetings--joint lab meetings with another lab and journal club on alternate weeks. The two PIs have already presented papers so that earlier this week when we had a meeting to decide who would present next, the PI for the other lab suggested: "The PhD students should present next." There was a pause before I realized aloud to everyone's amusement: "Hey, I'm the only PhD student here." [posted by S. Y. Affolee on 6:49 PM : ]
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I've never been able to work a LOLcat (or LOL soil invertebrate, for that matter) into any presentations, but I did once use a photo of John Belushi as Bluto from "Animal House."
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It was in a presentation about some of the challenges involved with running field trips, one of them being (for overnight trips at least), preventing/limiting the use of controlled substances. Though now I almost am tempted to take using a LOL*organism in a presentation as a challenge. (Too bad I don't plan on going to any conferences this summer.) Links to this post: |
