Thanks — I didn’t even think of the wet footprints as a joke. I just wanted an excuse why no-one was able to follow a sopping wet man running through a building.
I once used a aboratory emergency eyewash station. It worked just fine in terms of washing my eyes. But the drain wasn't hooked up to anything, so I had to wash my eyes, stop, wash the floor, and wash, rinse, repeat, until I just sort of felt done with all of it.
Warm machine obviously radioactive and the poor dweeb is going to be dead in 48 hours. Subtly understated ironic ending but obvious enough to any alert reader. Incidentally a good maths person can do a 3hr exam in 30 mins so perfectly plausible. Great story!
It wasn’t meant to be a decoy, but I’m happy to say otherwise in retrospect. I’ve no idea what that machine was — I’m a theorist, I don’t waste my time learning the names of pieces of lab junk!
this was quite hilarious.... the wet footprints...nice!
Thanks — I didn’t even think of the wet footprints as a joke. I just wanted an excuse why no-one was able to follow a sopping wet man running through a building.
Thank you Mark - I appear to have pissed myself…..again
Medical science may be able to help.
I once used a aboratory emergency eyewash station. It worked just fine in terms of washing my eyes. But the drain wasn't hooked up to anything, so I had to wash my eyes, stop, wash the floor, and wash, rinse, repeat, until I just sort of felt done with all of it.
Ow wow! So someone *does* use these in real life!
I really enjoyed your story and the humor of its framing.
Warm machine obviously radioactive and the poor dweeb is going to be dead in 48 hours. Subtly understated ironic ending but obvious enough to any alert reader. Incidentally a good maths person can do a 3hr exam in 30 mins so perfectly plausible. Great story!
That’s an accusation of a severe health and safety violation!
That post-doc sounds a lot like flat-earthers.
Everyone has it in them!
(I started writing a comment on your notes on the ending of Ship of Fools. I'm afraid it's getting a bit long...)
Liked! What was the warm machinery…..it was like introducing a gun in a crime story, eventually it’s important. I was a fool, easily led.
It wasn’t meant to be a decoy, but I’m happy to say otherwise in retrospect. I’ve no idea what that machine was — I’m a theorist, I don’t waste my time learning the names of pieces of lab junk!