Monday, August 23, 2010

Nominal Determinism: Colour-vision Research edition

Two papers sitting on the desk at the moment:

Anecdotal evidence suggests that a greater-than-expected proportion of liver researchers are called "Billy Rubin".

3 comments:

Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

Anecdotal evidence suggests that a greater-than-expected proportion of liver researchers are called "Billy Rubin".

Not to mention that eccentric peer of the realm, Sir Osis.

Substance McGravitas said...

Conflict of interest! Do we let Judge Green decide if Blue and Yellow can sanctify their perversion in marriage?

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

come now, mr. McG. Purple-Brown would be perfectly acceptable hyphenation.