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Old March 6th 18, 07:46 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,rec.photo.digital
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_2_]
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In message , Alan Browne
writes:
On 2018.03.06 10:05, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Alan Browne
writes:
On 2018-03-05 20:27, PeterN wrote:
On 3/5/2018 4:33 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , PeterN
writes:
On 3/3/2018 3:35 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Alan
Browne writes:
On 2018-03-03 08:43, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
A biochemist walks into a student bar and says to the barman:
"I'd like a pint
of adenosine triphosphate, please." "Certainly," says the
barman, "that'll be
ATP."

Exceptionally clever.

(Would have emailed but your signature doesn't say how to demunge
your address yes, I thought so! I certainly didn't create it:
it was from a list of something like 100 best jokes, or 20 best
puns, or something, in the Independent (a British newspaper) some
years ago.
Probably lost on non-UK readers though (-:

Not if they were involved in healthcare. ;-)
I was not a healthcare provider, but had many clients who were.

It wasn't the ATP aspect I thought might not be obvious outside the
UK, it was the 80p aspect.

Though I should amend it to "some" adenosine; I suspect it's a
_long_ time since 80p would get you a pint of _anything_ from a
barman.
I took the comment as a pun.

It's actually a very clever joke - the 80 p. pun only scratched the
surface.

I realise humour is usually spoilt by explanation, but please explain
anyway: I couldn't see beyond the 80p.


I was going to wait another 24 hours or so...

To a biochemist it goes further if one looks into the role that ATP
plays in living cells:

It is often referred to as the "molecular unit of currency" of
intracellular energy transfer.

That is the clever bit that turns the pun into a fine joke ... ATP as
currency. 80 p. worth in this case.

ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenosine_triphosphate

When you posted that sig, knowing that engineers and scientists always
have their inside humour I thought it best to know more about ATP.

Wikipedia is always a good source for such.


Thanks. I knew - from my O level biology about 40 years ago! - that ATP
is basically what makes muscles work, turning it into ADP. (I may have
remembered some of this wrong.) I didn't know the "currency" nickname
for it though: that's maybe been added since then.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

No, I haven't changed my mind - I'm perfectly happy with the one I have, thank
you.