# The things we do to amuse ourselves at work **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 3, 2013, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-to-amuse-ourselves-at-work/670259 "2013-10-03T11:31:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-to-amuse-ourselves-at-work/670259/21 "2013-10-04T19:54:53Z")
> [@Turpentine](#): > > We get a lot of antibodies shipped to us on dry ice. Once I put the antibodies in the freezer, I pour all the dry ice into the sink and then pour boiling water onto it and make the lab look like Halloween. Ever made tiny dry ice cannons with plastic tubes & caps? Good times. Sometimes I need a balance tube for my centrifuge when I’ve got a weird number of tubes to work with, so I decorated one of each size with various colors and thicknesses of sharpie. Polka dots, horizontal stripes, plaid… At the hospital lab, we had some regular patients whose names we embellished for fun. For example, Philip Rothington became Sir Philip Q Rothington, Esq whenever we talked about him. Had to be careful when calling results up to the floors, though! We also played the blood alcohol game, where we’d guess just how drunk they were before getting the results out of the chemistry analyzer. There was one fun ER nurse who enjoyed guessing, and who was \*really \*good at it. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-to-amuse-ourselves-at-work/670259/22 "2013-10-04T23:14:11Z")
I work for the same organization as my BF. Sometimes, we kiss in the elevator when it’s just the two of us. Ok, fine, not just kiss…we grope each other…tee hee. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-to-amuse-ourselves-at-work/670259/23 "2013-10-04T23:48:36Z")
I get a lot of the same people calling all the time, so much that I recognize the numbers on caller ID. My game is to guess why they’re calling before I answer. I’m right a good ninety percent of the time. I want some Cthulhu cookies! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mrmanface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mrmanface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrmanface)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-to-amuse-ourselves-at-work/670259/24 "2013-10-05T00:49:12Z")
I usually just think about breasts. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-to-amuse-ourselves-at-work/670259/25 "2013-10-06T13:02:16Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I have a large operative anoscope in the office. The obturator part of it must have a loose piece of metal in it, making it ring like a bell when shaken. A lovely, musical sound. > > In the office, we ring the musical anoscope for particularly noteworthy events, such as certain patients being transferred, and other celebratory events. > > [Musical Anoscope](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMjI-cMn_ag) Loved your dry, straight presentation of that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-we-do-to-amuse-ourselves-at-work/670259.md?page=1)