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Posts Tagged ‘lab equipment’

Your mom is like a vendor maintenance contract

In Science on June 21, 2013 at 8:28 am

equipment-repairs

Pay a flat fee and get your equipment serviced for a year.

Submitted by Below Average.

BONUS YOUR MOM META-JOKE!

Your mom is like one of our blog’s staff members: reuses figures due to receiving a low salary.

Original post here.

Your mom is like an aspirator

In Science on June 18, 2013 at 7:45 am

aspirator

Ready to suck liquids.

Figure by Below Average. Punchline from staff brainstorming.

Your mom is like a broken gelbox

In Science on May 31, 2013 at 9:31 am

gelbox-breakage

Has no potential.

Submitted by Below Average.

Your mom is like voltage

In Science on May 25, 2013 at 9:23 am

electrophoresis

Not current.

Submitted by Below Average.

Your mom is like old glassware

In Science on May 8, 2013 at 9:26 am

old-flasks

Crusty; broken.

Figure by Below Average. Punchline from staff brainstorming.

Your mom is like the anaerobic chamber

In Science on May 7, 2013 at 9:40 am

anaerobic-chamber

Gassy; everyone puts their hands inside.

Figure by Below Average. Punchline from staff brainstorming.

Your mom is like the lab walk-in refrigerator

In Science on April 27, 2013 at 11:51 am

lab-layout-coldroom

Large and cold; makes a lot of noise when heated up.

Submitted by Below Average.

One of an occasional series on lab layout.

Your mom is like a Western blot blocking agent

In Science on April 14, 2013 at 10:31 am

BLOTTO

BLOTTO.

Submitted by Below Average.

{BLOTTO for science; blotto last weekend}

Your mom is like an HPLC column

In Science on March 13, 2013 at 10:05 am

injector-column

Everyone’s injected some samples; not cleaned often enough.

Submitted by Below Average.

(Part 2 of 2.  Part 1 here.)

Your mom is like an HPLC pump

In Science on March 12, 2013 at 8:44 am

hplc-pump

Primed and ready to suck.

Submitted by Below Average.

(Part 1 of 2.  Part 2 here.)