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Biobank
Since I am doing research myself at present, when asked to take part in a piece of National medical research, I felt obliged to turn up, as indeed did one of my neighbours, thus proving I suspect that they set appointments by postcode order!
Anyway, I scored 100% on snap and not nearly so well on 'pairs' (my eyesight is too poor to take in the detail in the time allowed) and, needless to say, was judged overweight. Very. No surprises there, then.
The nurse taking the blood sample gave me the usual askance look when I cheerfully advised her to not even think about using anything except the butterfly, but after 10 minutes of poking and prodding admitted defeat and got one out of the drawer. I smirked triumphantly. She then proceeded to take SIX vials of blood.
I have therefore concluded that Biobank is a cover for a very clever sect of British vampire.
PS On the PhD front, in one week I have got back nearly 100 completed questionnaires ... who says policemen won't fill in forms?!
Anyway, I scored 100% on snap and not nearly so well on 'pairs' (my eyesight is too poor to take in the detail in the time allowed) and, needless to say, was judged overweight. Very. No surprises there, then.
The nurse taking the blood sample gave me the usual askance look when I cheerfully advised her to not even think about using anything except the butterfly, but after 10 minutes of poking and prodding admitted defeat and got one out of the drawer. I smirked triumphantly. She then proceeded to take SIX vials of blood.
I have therefore concluded that Biobank is a cover for a very clever sect of British vampire.
PS On the PhD front, in one week I have got back nearly 100 completed questionnaires ... who says policemen won't fill in forms?!
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I think they're collecting the genetic material necessary to populate a copy of the earth, so that it can be used as a decoy for the next alien invasion - or else they're dispatching the collection into high orbit to ensure that there is uncontaminated gentic material available after crazed terrorists set off atomic bombs in all the world's capitals.
Either that, or they're agents from a parallel dimension, needing matching DNA to save their dying population ... and *that's a plot for the Helix, if ever I heard one. *g*
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And wow on the getting questionnaires back! I got a cop to fill something out once.
:)