On a day like today, when a key experiment went awry on step 1.5 of 4 while I wasn't watching it in the middle of the night, this cartoon by @TwistedlilKitty is so, so true.
As a Brit , I have to concur. Bollocks is my expletive of choice. Closely followed, of course, by Bloody Hell! I once had a 100L reactor boil almost dry on me overnight. Not a pretty sight! Surprisingly, after work-up, everything was OK!
looks like Blogger doesn't work with anonymous comments from Chrome browsers at the moment - works in Microsoft Edge, or from Chrome with a Blogger account - sorry! CJ 3/21/20
CJ, I expect that you, as a profressional chemist, would not have used such a coarse expletive ;)
ReplyDeleteAs a Brit , I have to concur. Bollocks is my expletive of choice. Closely followed, of course, by Bloody Hell! I once had a 100L reactor boil almost dry on me overnight. Not a pretty sight! Surprisingly, after work-up, everything was OK!
ReplyDeleteIn British English, does "exclamation" really have that other "i"?
ReplyDeleteNo, it does not. Good catch!
ReplyDeleteThat's why Twistedlilkitty went into science, not English literature!
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