I’m glad she’s sticking around, but the gang at the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board sure aren’t letting the lady slack off much. You know they’ll hear about it when Chicago has a cholera epidemic because Jill didn’t have time to control the spread of disease.
Hey, she’s on a roll!
As opposed to the rest of us who are just on buns.
I think the next one is mine, too (about chocolate). The thing about being an epidemiologist, you have to let some infections go, let em spread a little, or you work yourself out of a job.
Just on a roll? Heck, I say she’s a hero!
At least Jill knows which side of the bread the butter’s on; you wouldn’t want the kids to be poorboys, would ya?
[[Just on a roll? Heck, I say she’s a hero!]]
Oh bite me, Manny.
Three in a row? [scrathcing head…] I can’t even get one.
Well, some are good at spreading the knowledge around, while others just can’t cut the mustard. JillGat is good at what she does without being nasty, cold cuts at people not being part of her agenda. No boloney.
Lettuce just say not everyone can meat the standards for Mailbag publication. And it’s not like I don’t have a full plate already. You don’t like it, fork off.
Well, since I’m speaking to a cabbage plant, let me rephrase:
Despite your tart answer, I never tendered anything for Mailbag publication. I merely cooked up a little question in the Car Key thread — a bit of follow-up desert, just something to masticate over.
[forking off…]
Y’know, I was wondering about this, too… I mean, we all know that Jill’s pretty busy lately, and some of those questions could just as well have been answered by someone else (epidemiology = car keys?) And shouldn’t Lynn be fielding the chocolate questions?
BTW, Lib, Cabbage hasn’t posted in this thread yet.
Chronos
It’s about time you chimed in.
[[Y’know, I was wondering about this, too… I mean, we all know that Jill’s pretty busy lately, and some of those questions could just as well have been answered by someone else (epidemiology = car keys?) And shouldn’t Lynn be fielding the chocolate questions?]]
Lynn doesn’t have a monopoly on chocolate, though she is mentioned in my upcoming article.
I write mailbags to avoid work. And FYI, I’ve also written about jake brakes, cheese, how to remove ticks, the Alphabet song, bomb sniffing dogs, the “Hokie” term, whether there’s earthworms in hot dogs, Frank Sinatra, praying mantids, truck weigh stations, goldfish, the Allman Brothers, ostriches, Dr. Pepper, earthquakes, boats, leather, the iao bird, why penises shrink in the cold and about 30 other topics unrelated to what I do for a living. Your tax dollars at work. Haha! - Jill
Sounds like “the world’s oldest professional” excuse to me.