Episode 12: Geeks and Sweets - The Challenge

100% better than Alien vs. Predator; Nerds vs. Geek.

I was presented with a serious dilemma today.

Not in work, no no, that stuff is simple in comparison. Is your IL-6 high in patient sample 19 because of RF interference? Is my OXYC2 curve looking like a drunk trying to walk down a straight line because of ACE non-specific binding? Whatevs. I can deal with that, I can logically pick my way through the problem to the solution and experiment my way to success. This was an illogical dilemma with no 100% perfect solution yet known to mankind.

I found them. The favourite sweets you talk about from your childhood that you can’t get any more. They were there. In the shop. Being delicious and tooth-decaying-ly sugary. NERDS!! My homies in confectionary form. BUY THEM!

BUT

I was on the way to the dentist. Why life? Why? I mean obviously I bought them but now I have to feel bad about it. The sneaky sweeties challenged my brain into a ‘what do I dooooo?’ moment in the middle of the shop! 17 years of education did not prepare me for that. The age old questions of life aren’t ‘what is the meaning of life’ and ‘what is my purpose here’ but the stuff that challenges your inner logic every day;

·         What speed do you put the window wipers on at?

·         Do I put my monochrome dress in a white wash or a black one?

·         What do you clean a bog brush with?

I am yet to hear concrete satisfying responses to the above. I deal with them by;

·         Making someone else drive in the rain and complain when the wipers are too fast/slow.

·         Giving it to Mummy to wash.

·         1. Never touch the bog brush anyway

2. Buy a new one if it looks in any way shape or form smelly/scruffy/discoloured.

The grapple with my conscience paid off though because here on the back of the box is a lovely quote which I am putting on my desk immediately;

 

My favourite part and my new ethos for life “Mystic and Marvellous surprises that will Entrance, intrigue and delight you beyond measure... Feed your imagination”. Oh you sneaky dog Willy Wonka, you’re talking about science aren’t you? *Brain Food*

Oh I just thought of another one.

Do you indicate when you are taking the last exit on a roundabout in the right hand lane but geographically it is actually straight in front of you??

I’m not even going to try to answer that because even the sweets nearly beat me already.

Why can’t I ever resist them anyway? Sweetie, Fatty goodies? Oh yes thank you human body for being a hunter gatherer and loving everything that’s bad for me.

Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that makes you feel good and is released after eating sweet food. That means that you actually really do feel less stressed and tired after eating it. 4pm pick me up, thank you!

 I think I won the sweet challenge J. Just not the whole box of Nerds maybe? I’ll try.