If I had petted her, my hockey-playing-lab partner would have checked me
into the whiteboard.  And she was the only one who was even vaguely
interesting.

--benD

Ben Braver wrote:

> BenD-
> which lab partner did you get to pet?
> ;-)
> -BenB
>
>  >When I was in college, I took Intro to Psych, which included various
>  >labs.  For the neuropsych part, we had to run rats through a water maze.
>  >  I was the only guy in a group of very traditionally girlish ladies, so
>  >I ended up as Rat wRangler.  This is when I discovered that not only are
>  >rats cool, but they have very distinct personalities.
>  >
>  >Fortunately (in my opinion) the next lab paired me with a female friend
>  >who liked the rats as much as I did, so I ended up with fewer scratches,
>  >got to participate in parts of the experiment not involving direct
>  >contact with the rats, and still got to pet ours.
>  >
>  >My favorite lab rat story, though, happened after a long weekend.  I was
>  >walking down the sidewalk with a friend and we came across some
>  >animal-testing protest chalkings.  One said that the rats hadn't been
>  >fed or watered all weekend.  My friend got pretty pissed.  I told her I
>  >was sure it wasn't true.  She replied, "Of course not!  I'm the one who
>  >fed them!"
>  >
>  >White lab rats are so cool.....
>  >Great.  Now I'm thinking about acquiring a pet.
>  >
>  >--benD
>  >
>  >BethF wrote:
>  >
>  >> My very first pet was a white lab rat, stolen from the psych lab at
>  >> Drexel University when I was six. He was an amazing little friend once
>  >> he got over being scared.
>  >>
>
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