;-)
-BenB
>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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