by benjaminwolf Mon Aug 27 18:42:17 PDT 2007 (15 months ago)

Let's hope this strike gets in the right stall!

by benjaminwolf Wed Aug 29 06:44:58 PDT 2007 (15 months ago)

Actually, not many years. Have to tell you a funny restroom story. My wife hosted a conference attended by about 100 biologists. The day after it ended a few of her colleagues were still in town so we took them out to dinner. The restaurant was relatively new, and featured an "Asian fusion" cuisine. It had been constructed in an Asian style but with high tech updated features. The bathrooms were of an especially cutting edge design. One of the group got up to go to the restroom (we told them they had to see the restrooms before they left). He returned very quickly, and said he was kind of embarrassed. He said he had gone into the mens room and there was a woman in there. He said he wanted to wait until she left. A while later he said he'd try again, and said that he hadn't actually seen the woman, but that she had been talking on her cell phone trying to get a number. My wife and I started to laugh. One of the things about the restrooms is that they had a soundtrak featuring a woman's voice giving Japanese language lessons. We told him not to worry, there wasn't anyone else using the restroom.