to think that Scientists just are n't putting in enough effort.

[CarefullEugene]

I want time travel, parallel universes and memory wiping.
I want to suspend my kids in stasis whilst I grasp exciting full on career opportunities a hundred miles away.
I want a parallel universe so that I can see if the electricity between me & 'him' could have sustained a full on relationship. Surely that not too much to ask?

Higgs Bosun, pah, where's my sci-fi dream promises you lazy cancer curing Scientists.

bronze!

I want a Mary Poppins style tidy up robot. I don't see why they haven't invented one, it can't be that difficult for someone with a bigger brain than me ( that's definitely not difficult ). If I don't get one soon I'm going to SULK!!!

Can you sleep for hours if you've stopped time?

Bazinga?

Where's my jetpack is what I want to know? We were totally promised jetpacks and hover cars and houses on the moon by now, the 60's were full of it.

Tomorrows World my arse.

there are some miserable fuckers about tonight. Has the Olympic glow worn off or are the holidays wearing people down? Either way, lighten up to fuck!

I want calorie free wine that still tastes good - wine zero

That is all.

I thought it was a very funny OP.

surely my colleagues and I arent the only scientists who make jokes about our jobs curing cancer, tackling climate change and preventing starvation?

But according to an exhibition at the Wellcome Trust, things are going to get much more futuristic shortly, which is nice.

Sorry OP, I'm not normally a member of 'The Po'. Other stuff on MN has touched a raw nerve today, so I will bow out gracefully for the day :).

You tame galoot

I did find the higgs bosun particle but I can't remember where I left it,

:o bronze I have been a duffer today.

YANBU.

I am waiting for the magic chemical that u sprinkle on dog poo and it eats it and it disappears. I saw that on Tomorrow's World too. (it probably ate the pavement right down to the earth's core though)

And I also didn't think the OP was joking about cancer, I read that as "I know you scientists are really doing life-saving, awe-inspiring work on cancer and I'm not being serious"

I thought it was funny. Turns out some scientists are as touchy as us po-po's if we think someone is having a pop!

Personally, I would like sky+ but for real life. Or do I? It could be shit? Didn't that chap who married Konnie Huq make a drama on that?

I agree, MN has been a bit odd today. Not enough swearing, lewdness etc.

I want a jet pack - it is my birth right.

Failing that I have always fancied a pet elephant but obviously want it to be the size of a spaniel.

noelstudios - FUCK!!!

did that help?

YANBU OP, I want alien contact dammit. Aliens that play tunes instead of speaking and won't destroy the Earth only certain politician's instead

(though I agree with the others RE the cancer comment, bit ill judged!)

My thirteen year old neice was genuinely aggrieved that they don't make jumperoos in her size.

That wouldn't need a science boffin with a big forehead, just a brave capitalist and some clever marketing.

Lazy cancer curing scientist here (who has also lost my Dad to cancer and believe me cancer jokes are necessary you po faced people) and I have to say YANBU. DH is still disappointed that we didn't have flying cars in the year 2000, and he's a physicist.

I'm a physicist and actually I think it's awesome that curiosity is currently on Mars undergoing health checks so that in 4 weeks time it can literally drive on another planet and take photos. Absolutely incredible!

I'd take that over a jet pack or flying car any day!

Oh and can everyone stop calling the Higgs Boson the Higgs Bosun. There is no fundamental particle called a bosun!

Sorry Gary, that was me, I am not a physicist, just in case you were wondering.