The Countdown
At work, I have spent the past couple of months training several new clinical data managers. They are young and eager to work and full of all that first job enthusiasm (ah yes, I remember those days). Anyway, I have spent a considerable amount of time with them the past couple of months. A couple weeks ago we were discussing birthdays and when they asked when mine was I replied that generally I preferred to keep my personal life separate from my professional life, so nothing personal to either of them, but I wasn’t saying. So over the next couple of weeks I was harassed for the information and finally gave in. A couple of days later the sign in the photo above was posted in the cubicle of one of my devoted trainees. They update it everyday and are enjoying my extreme discomfort. Oh, of note, I also mentioned my strong dislike of bananas – hence their adornment of the sign.
Dad Said,
November 10, 2005 @ 11:40 am
Checked out your site and found it very well done. You did a very good job digitally inhancing a snowstorm over the photo of your street. Happy Birthday :)
Pedro Said,
November 10, 2005 @ 11:19 pm
Is that sign the count down to your 45th birthday???
Hahahahaha
Aaron Said,
November 11, 2005 @ 9:56 am
That’s funny. 45.
Sah Said,
November 11, 2005 @ 10:48 am
Peter, I think you would get along quite well with the people I work with. I can’t wait until you turn 30.
Pitt Said,
November 13, 2005 @ 2:04 pm
How can you not like bananas! I mean, sure, once they get all brown-spotted and mushy they’re gross but a nice bright yellow banana that has just ripened, peels in 3 nice strips (not 4), and has just the faintest hint of a crunch as you bite into it is just heavenly!
BTW, do you know how your local grocery store always has “just shy of ripe” bananas in stock? The *bright* green bananas are packed and chilled immediately after being picked. This slows the ripening process. They re then shipped to your grocer’s distribution warehouse. Then, the day before they’re shipped to the store, they’re sealed in a large room, warmed to room temperature, and bathed in ethylene gas for several hours, which causes them to quickly ripen.
Ethylene gas is a natural by-product of the ripening process for many fruits, which is why you should never store bananas next to apples, for example, or keep too many bananas together in a bunch, because the release of ethylene as part of the natural ripening process will cause a “chain reaction” of ripening, causing your bananas (and other fruits) to over-ripen. (Note: if your bananas are giving off a strong “banana” smell, they’re over-ripe.
There, now don’t you want a banana?
Sah Said,
November 15, 2005 @ 12:47 pm
Bananas are disgusting.
Garrett Said,
November 15, 2005 @ 1:26 pm
Sah you’ll be happy to know that bananas are on the verge of going away forever. There are multiple banana diseases which scientists have no cure for. Within 15 years we might not see another banana on our shelves unless something can be done. And I’m not joking either…heard it on NPR awhile ago.
Sah Said,
November 16, 2005 @ 8:35 am
Survival of the fittest, my friend. Bananas are weak. :)