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Wednesday, August 08, 2007

The Job Hunt

Anchi (screaming and stomping around the room): Alishaa... Alishaa... find me a job Alishaa...
Ali: Aww... my poor baby ... come let me help...
What is it you do again?
Anchi: I'm a biologist
Alisha (typing): uh..huh...
Highest degree obtained?
Anchi: Two dratted Masters degrees... TWO!! BUt no one will HIRE me Alishaa ... (great big pretend sobs)

Alisha (ignores Anchi's over dramatization and peers at the computer screen most importantly)
Here you go ...

Do you want to be a Chief sta... sta.... tis... kishien?
Anchi: a what??
Alisha (serious look): a statiskishien
Anchi: thats statistician

Alisha: what?? whats that?
Anchi: Someone who does statistics
Alisha: Oooh that is what a statisti-k-shin is
Twit (walks into the room): Whats a statiskashin?
Anchi: a statistician
Twit (looks at Alisha grinning wildly): Ah! Of course! You know, you could start your own dictionary at this rate.

10 mins later ...
Anchi now lying on her back, her head hanging over the side; Twit's on youtube, Alisha still job hunting.

Alisha: Do you want to be a CRA
Twit: Whats that?
Alisha: A Cynical research associate
Anchi: thats clinical research associate
Alisha: oh ... thats right. It is clinical.

5 more mins later...
Alisha: Whats an A-Sock?
Anchi: I dunno. How is it spelled?
Alisha: A-S-S-O-C
Anchi: Thats Associate. ITs the abbreviation.
Alisha: How hard is it to write the whole thing!!

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