Do us a 'favour'?
I was working in the lab today making 'food' for the 'bugs' to grow on, and since it was selective media (way to get only certain 'bugs'), we needed a certain antibiotic (kanamycin) which we had run out of. Techie* went and raided unicycle-prof's lab for some, and when he came back Thermophile-prof** was in the lab talking with me:
Me: Did you get the kanamycin?Techie: *flashes me the vial* Yeah, I got some from unicycle-prof's lab.
Thermophile-prof: You got some from unicycle-prof?
Me: Yeah, we didn't have any, and we were concerned about the issues with the project the last go around in regards to the ampicillin. Techie told me that he had to resort to the kanamycin, and since he ran out, I suggested he check if unicycle-prof had some.
Thermophile-prof: OK, but we're going to owe unicycle-prof favours.
*they both look at me*
Me: Don't you look at me. I'm not doing any 'favours'.
Shit, even I have my limits.
keep reading »Wow, your post takes me back to the days when I was a micriobio major... sourrounded by stacks of kanamycin agar. Freaky. That's not the good kind of flashback. Did I ever tell you about the time I had to culture a transient bacteria from cow shit that required the making of several batches of cow poo agar?
