As the Coronavirus thread tries it’s best not to self-destruct I thought this might raise a few smiles.

You’re welcome.

https://www.bmj.com/content/331/7531/1498

It’s no joke. This is serious science. We moved into new offices some years ago (about 800 staff) and the staff rooms on each floor had masses of new cutlery. It took no time at all for it all to go missing. It was replaced once, that all disappeared and was not replaced. Thieving scrotes.

I also put up “Missing” posters for my personal teaspoon brought in from home (“answers to the name of Teaspoon”). Sadly it didn’t return.

Enjoyed that. I always wanted to know the half-life of a teaspoon

It’s the artificial fuel crisis problem, isn’t it.

You get a load of spoons, everyone immediately thinks “we always run out of spoons, I’d best keep hold of one,” result is that there’s no spoons. Side effect, spoon-hording validated as wise.

It is why dogs bark even when their owners come back for them.

1) The owner went away
2) The dog barked because they missed the owner
3) The owner returned
4) The dog now barks every time the owner goes away as they ‘know’ it makes the owner come back

The Discussion section and Drink Beer At Your Desk Friday have been the silver lining on a bit of a cloudy week.

Thanks, @lookmumnohands, that was excellent!

Hahah

That was one pissed off director making the RA do that.