Pieces of Equipment

'If this works, I will send you the equipment back straight away. If it doesn't, you'll get the pieces.' That's what every scientist said as they scrawled their name onto the rental lease with their stolen biro, 'Hope to have it back to you soon.' Holding a notably fragile 1986 resonance spectrometer under their arm, … Continue reading Pieces of Equipment →

Why waste words?

During his last speech Basil had hoped to remind the public that despite the dangers of these uncertain times it was important to continue to think of others and most of all remain calm, but, despite his best intentions, all Basil managed was to cause a localised outbreak of hysteria. Mentioning the word calm roughly 34 times … Continue reading Why waste words? →