Yet Another Slice of Life
James: "Did you get that link about platypus...es...platy...platypus I sent you from work?"
Me: "No."
James: "Really? It was about how they have like thirty chromosomes that determine their sex."
Me: "Neat! Where was it?"
James (dithering): "Uh...lemmee think...uh...maybe...no...uh...maybe...uh...try..."
Me (oblivious as usual): "Look, I'll just google "platypus sex"...there we go..."
*pause*
Me: "Man, we really just dodged a bullet on that one, didn't we?"
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996568
Me: "No."
James: "Really? It was about how they have like thirty chromosomes that determine their sex."
Me: "Neat! Where was it?"
James (dithering): "Uh...lemmee think...uh...maybe...no...uh...maybe...uh...try..."
Me (oblivious as usual): "Look, I'll just google "platypus sex"...there we go..."
*pause*
Me: "Man, we really just dodged a bullet on that one, didn't we?"
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996568