Here at the University of Michigan, we have an e-mail alias for all the graduate students in the chemistry department. This gets used for seminar announcements, “anyone got [whatever] chemical” queries, etc.
About half an hour before lunch today, though, this came in:
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:23:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matthew James Kidd <mjkidd@umich.edu>
To: chem.grads@umich.edu
Subject: Mustard for SandwichHi, I made a sandwich today (roast beef), and I forgot to put mustard on it. Does anyone have any mustard that I could borrow? I’m getting really hungry, since lunchtime is fast approaching.
Sorry about the mass email.
Matt
Some of the more amusing suggestions heard around the lab:
Let’s hang onto the e-mail for a month and all reply ‘No’ at the end of July.
Ask him if a mustard-coloured chemical would be an acceptable substitute.
Reply with a comment about how much mustard sucks.
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