What the...

[inaniloquent]

Is it true that some lady contracted the plague? Did she step in a puddle of 17th century or something?

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[oxlahun]

I've not yet convinced my wife that if we ever have a daughter we should name her Yersinia. I haven't given up hope, though.

[inaniloquent]

Have you tried the "Honey, be cool!" approach?

[oxlahun]

Yeah. She said the cool had a limit at naming people after infectious bacteria.

Since then, though, a couple things have changed. First off, I'm now being paid out of a federal grant that established a research center for studying pathogens that constitute significant risks to public health. And I learned over the weekend that friends of a friend named their daughter Adenine, which has to be at least as geeky.

"Back off, man. I'm a scientist."

[ecchi_ja_nai]

At least they chose the nucleobase that sounds most like a person's name. Can you imagine having to go through life saying, "it's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Guanine."

And Uracil always brings to mind The Little Mermaid.

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I find it best not to question my thought processes.

Re: "Back off, man. I'm a scientist."

[oxlahun]

Oh, yes. We thought of that. Of the 6 people in the room when I heard of Adenine (none of which were Adenine's parents), 3 are PhD students in sciences, 2 work in biotech, and 1 is the science librarian at a respected college.

I'm not sure Guanine is worse than Cytosine. "And this is my baby brother Uracil" still takes it, though.