"We need to attack" -Kong Lab

Every Thursday morning, the Kong lab gathers for lab meeting. We munch on some sort of breakfast food and we talk/rant about the injustice of the world. I sprinkled a few of those comments in the quotes below. There is much more to add.  I quoted lab mates as we worked at our benches as well. This is an excellent list, so think of it as Kong Lab Quotes, part 1.


"You guys are not greedy enough!" [As a lab, we stress out because we are not spending enough.]

"I'd rather live 50 years as a normal person than 100 years as a monk." [science discussion regarding the metabolism of different types of humans]

"This is a weird place."[a reference to City of Hope]

"You guys expect too much of me!" [The boss]

"This is a different kingdom." [Reference to the 2nd floor of our building where the lab works]

"We need to attack." [To get more lab space]

"They have their two lurkers watching the two workers." [observational data to support more lab space]

"It's all about marketing, not data." [secrets of writing a paper]

"Do you want to play with mr. biggelsworth tomorrow?" [translation: Do you want to come help me inject tumors into hairless SCID mice tomorrow?]

mr. bigglesworth

Hairless SCID mouse

"Who ordered human ASS?" [I needed it for my experiments!]

"Most scientists plan their lunch break around experiments, we plan ours around the burrito stand." [reference to the infamous burritos and quesadillas served every MWF at the edge of campus]

"I swear I gained ten pounds when I started working at the COH." [Free Panda Express, cheesecake factory cheesecake, employee appreciation, post-doc appreciation, grad student appreciation, etc... who wouldn't?]

"You know the developer room used to be the old hospital's surgery room?" [more evidence that our floor is creepy]

"Soon we'll be eating woolly mammoth burgers." [science discussion about reviving extinct mammals]

And when I first started at COH, I was given this video to watch to assess if I had a sense of humor...

I passed with flying colors.