"You know you've worked in a lab too long when....."

You know you've worked in a lab too long when...

You can't watch CSI without cursing every scientific inaccuracy

Liquid nitrogen is only half as dangerous as you thought

You have to check the web to find out what the weather is outside

You realize that almost anything can be classed as background reading

Warning labels invoke curiosity rather than caution

You decide on conference to attend by the quality of the food served

You've used dry ice to cool beer

You can no longer spell normal words, but have no trouble with spelling things like immunohistochemistry or deoxyribonucleic acid.

You have a callus on your thumb.

You can open the toothpaste with one hand.

You wash your hands before and after using to the washroom.

When you hear tween, you think of the surfactant, not the age group.

You can identify organs on road kill.

You've never worn a clean lab coat.

You don't fear rodents. Rodents fear you.

You flinch when you hear the word "significant".

When your banana go bad and you get fruit flies, you can't help but check their eye color

You own Invitrogen t-shirts, and actually wear them.

You refer to your children as the F1.

You've used Kimwipes as Kleenex.

You say "mills" and "megs".

You've played Battleship using pipet tip boxes.

The scent of latex reminds you of work, not play.

Your parents still have no idea what you do for a living