Long Weekend, Big Plans
My plans for Labor Day weekend are all set thanks to a nice discovery during a group clean-up yesterday:
Plenty of gloves? Check. Multiple boxes of FIXANAL? Check.
Who would name a brand of buffer concentrates “FIX ANAL” and shape the container like a…well…errrr?
Germans. That’s who. I guess you can just add this to the list of cross-cultural marketing blunders, though I am not certain that there wasn’t someone who did this on purpose. Who else sells buffer mix in an odd tube like that?
September 1st, 2012 at 12:45 PM
Best suited for the University of California at Berkeley, which is, as everyone knows, the world’s Chemistry Department No. 1.
September 7th, 2012 at 4:34 AM
I didn’t get the results I wanted on my ANALTECH TLC plates, so I had to switch to FIXANAL.
September 7th, 2012 at 4:43 AM
It would be the Germans. They lack any amount of shame when it comes to number 2. In Berlin, where I live, it’s no different telling people you’ve got diarrhea as the common cold. Plus their toilets have little platforms to catch the delivery so you can inspect it in detail. Enough said.
September 10th, 2012 at 1:23 PM
turns out, isotonic buffers are preferable to tap water for colonic irrigation. For all those places your gerbil cannot reach…