The Case of the Disappearing Teaspoons
It was a great weekend! I saw Guys and Dolls – it was fantastic… I had cake and champagne and lovely meals out, walkies down the Thames, etc., etc., I won’t bore you! I’m very tired, but happy.
If you’ve ever worked in an office, you’ll know how frustrating it is to find that, yet again, all the teaspoons have disappeared. This has given me a giggle – a scientific study investigating the rate of disappearing teaspoons in the workplace. It’s a real paper, published in the BMJ! It’s rare to find scientists with a good sense of humour, so this is brilliant – I love how they even include a picture of a teaspoon (just in case you didn't know) and have proper graphs and everything. The conclusion is sarcastically excellent and reflects how in most papers, scientists can draw the most ridiculous conclusions from stupid data. But the best bit is the summing up sentence:
If you’ve ever worked in an office, you’ll know how frustrating it is to find that, yet again, all the teaspoons have disappeared. This has given me a giggle – a scientific study investigating the rate of disappearing teaspoons in the workplace. It’s a real paper, published in the BMJ! It’s rare to find scientists with a good sense of humour, so this is brilliant – I love how they even include a picture of a teaspoon (just in case you didn't know) and have proper graphs and everything. The conclusion is sarcastically excellent and reflects how in most papers, scientists can draw the most ridiculous conclusions from stupid data. But the best bit is the summing up sentence:
"Finally, we suggest that the development of effective control measures against the loss of teaspoons should be a priority on national research agendas. "
Lol..
:)
My cutlery has a habit of disappearing together at certain times, like forks, most of them just upped and left one week and then after I bought four new ones they all came back again, same with teaspoons, they went a few times and then I bought new ones and they all materialised again, overflowing the cutlery tray. Tis a strange one that, maybe each kitchen place has a Bermuda Triangle for kitchenware, or they all bog off and then when I buy new stuff they get jealous and come back again. Or maybe these crazy ideas mean that I'm just a bit too 'special' *cough* Oh well :o) xxxxx
*wipes eyes and gets down to actually answering Panda's post*
Wonder why it went in the BMJ and not in the...well, whatever the psych one is here.
An email went round the office today regarding two "very expensive plates" that have gone missing from the staff kitchen. Nice kitchen. Still, surprised they'd use "very expensive plates".
P.S. I write a "blong". Yes I do.
xxx
Whilst I can understand missing teaspoons, what would people want with plates?! Can you imagine walking out of the office with 2 dinner plates in your handbag, no matter how expensive they are? People are weird - or just dirty - if they're still sitting on someone's desk.
In other news, the day is dragging on like no other and my throat hurts :(
Not many people have 'blonged' today, hmm
Hello!
(Starting this evening, 20six will be offline until Sunday while it finally switches platforms. Thankfully I have my dear old Blogger blog!)
Wish I could have been around while you were bored earlier - I will reply to your email when I settle in to do my own thing this weekend ;)
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