Joe and I have each been unusually busy of late, and so not only have we not had much time to write, but frankly we haven't been doing too many fascinating things. I will therefore take the opportunity to start what I think will be a series of shorter posts, covering the odd topics that tend to come up at fikas.
I may have mentioned before that we have a sauna in our work building; I still have not used it, nor has anyone that I know. "It's mostly those botanists who use it," I was told at fika a couple weeks ago. "Oh, by the way," post-doc K. said, "Did you know that there is a Sauna World Championship? There is. You can watch a video. I think they have had to drag people out, because they pass out before admitting defeat. These Finns are crazy," she said, shaking her head.
So what other interesting things are lurking in your building? Whirlpool baths? Champagne bars? roller rinks?
ReplyDeleteYou should watch the first season of Big Train (Simon Pegg). They have an ongoing cartoon about world championship staring. Not as steamy, maybe, as sauna championships, though.
ReplyDeleteWell, I know for a fact that they fixed the ping-pong table. It's right next to the sauna, presumably so that you can go relax after your tough match...
ReplyDeleteI would like to take part in a sauna competition, even though I will lose and most definitely pass out.
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