The Housemate: IT WORKED!
Me: You're getting pretty jazzy about that PCR product. [claps somewhat sarcastically]
The Housemate: It deserves claps.
Me: ...I can't believe I said that about a PCR product.
The Housemate: What, getting jazzy?
Me: Yeah!
The Housemate: Well, I'm excited.
Me: Yeah, UV radiation can cause eye cancer. Probably we're increasing our probability.
The Housemate: You increase your chance for all kinds of things every day. Like, we increase our risk of car wrecks every time we travel. ...We increase our risk of bus wrecks-
Me: [interrupting] -because we ride the bus?
The Housemate: Yeah.
Me: Well, we'd probably be safer in a bus wreck (than a car wreck) anyway.
The Housemate: Yeah, that's true.
Me: [pacing]
The Housemate: Haven't you ever heard the phrase, "A watched pot never boils?"
Me: Yeah, and I've also heard the phrase "A watched plasmid never melts."
Me: You're getting pretty jazzy about that PCR product. [claps somewhat sarcastically]
The Housemate: It deserves claps.
Me: ...I can't believe I said that about a PCR product.
The Housemate: What, getting jazzy?
Me: Yeah!
The Housemate: Well, I'm excited.
Me: Yeah, UV radiation can cause eye cancer. Probably we're increasing our probability.
The Housemate: You increase your chance for all kinds of things every day. Like, we increase our risk of car wrecks every time we travel. ...We increase our risk of bus wrecks-
Me: [interrupting] -because we ride the bus?
The Housemate: Yeah.
Me: Well, we'd probably be safer in a bus wreck (than a car wreck) anyway.
The Housemate: Yeah, that's true.
Me: [pacing]
The Housemate: Haven't you ever heard the phrase, "A watched pot never boils?"
Me: Yeah, and I've also heard the phrase "A watched plasmid never melts."
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