Nerd like me

Janet has declared a "Nerd off." Here are two tales which made me reflect upon my nerdiness.

  1. Once a friend and I mocked another friend because of their clumsy pipetting technique (he transferred volume like a girl! Oops, sorry Janet, that was a joke :-)
  2. In a linear algebra study session I once made a joke which conflated 9-space with 3-space. Everyone laughed uproariously.
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