1. Freezing random objects in liquid nitrogen will never not be fun.
2. Especially when you get to smash them afterwards.
3. Same goes for playing with dry ice.
4. In fact, an empty lab and some dry ice is the perfect opportunity to pretend to be a mad scientist.
5. If we can build a robot to do something for us, we will.
6. Having the lab to ourselves means there *will* be singing.
7. Partially because being in the lab on your own can be a bit scary, especially if it's after hours.
8. It's hard not to get overly attached to inanimate objects you use every day.
9. Getting a new lab coat is more exciting than it should be.
10. It's worth taking a few hours out to pull a prank on a labmate.
11. Sometimes we get scared of lasers too, even though we know they will (mostly) not cut you in half.
12. Coming up with acronyms for our experiments often takes longer than it should.
13. If you've worked in a lab long enough, everything starts to look like a fire hazard.
14. We'd rather sit through an hour-long lecture on the actual Big Bang theory than be asked our opinion on the TV show one more time.
15. It's annoying to hear someone use a scientific word in the wrong way.
16. But it's more annoying when people assume you're going to be super pedantic just because you're a scientist.
17. Sometimes we quite enjoy going into the lab on a weekend.
18. Conferences are basically an excuse for a piss up with other scientists we don't get to see that often.
