Just desserts

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

One of my molecular pathologist colleagues just came up with a beautiful little phrase that has made me re-think my prior criticism of his field’s terminology.
“We’ve got some soufflé data”, he said. “It looks incredibly promising if you peek through the oven door, but it could collapse at any minute.”
I hope the dinner guests on the other end of the phone don’t end up disappointed.

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6 Responses to Just desserts

  1. Richard P. Grant says:
    May 5, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    Ha! Brilliant, Holmes.

  2. Stephen Curry says:
    May 5, 2010 at 11:17 pm

    Is that better or worse than meringue data?

  3. Cath Ennis says:
    May 5, 2010 at 11:57 pm

    As long as it’s not lemon data…

  4. Ken Doyle says:
    May 6, 2010 at 3:36 pm

    Mmmm…lemon soufflé.

  5. Richard Wintle says:
    May 6, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    At least it’s not square data.
    Data squares… geddit?
    I’ll get my coat.

  6. Cath Ennis says:
    May 17, 2010 at 3:38 pm

    These comments keep making me too hungry to reply

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