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.

I agree re: lack of sense of humour!

I want to be able to go from one place to another ala Star Trek, but not ala The Fly!

The Higgs boatswain

I thought it was funny and I've watched several family members die from cancer.

PS OP - I want those things too!

PuddleJumper I can't remember what the exciting things were, I'm afraid. It was at the Wellcome Trust's new 'Superhuman' exhibition, which is free, near Euston Station, and well worth seeing if you're in / near / passing through London.

oh yes, a replicator would be great. you'd never run out of chocolate or coffee.

another lazy scientist here. Have my first ever

I would love time travel! I think it's a good thread OP, clearly in jest.

I would love parallel universes!

I think we can work out who the real scientists are.

You can spot the lazy scientists, they're all writing on this thread. Back to work, the lot of you, and finish off those x-ray specs and warp drives.

Balotelli - as a person and a scientist:

1. Making cancer jokes is not remotely funny
2. Saying scientist haven't even cured cancer, even as a joke (see 1), is ridiculous. It is like saying they 'haven't even cured disease' yet. Never going to happen, it's an arms race.

But, but we have got a lot of the things they promised us in Star Trek.
Communicators and computers, body scanners and doors that open by themselves.
I'm glad the fashions didn't catch on though, and that we've got further along the equality path than they assumed.

People with cancer jokes make cancer jokes. They can be funny and huge relief to very tense situations.

They made cancer jokes on my sisters keeper (cried and laughed at same time)

This is barely even a cancer joke in the first place!

OP I want a flying car

People with cancer make cancer jokes*

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 agree ! That landing sequence was straight out of a sci-fi film, and then seeing images of another planet from my desk every morning... sweet !

I think future generations will look back at this time and see it as pivotal.

MockingJay - reason 2 is exactly why we make these jokes in our lab (as a person and a scientist ;-) )

Obviously joking for the sole reason of taking the piss out of sufferers are not on, but I see no problem with people using humour to try and cling on to a little bit of normality in a very stressful time.

This isn't even a cancer joke really!

FFS, it wasn't a joke about cancer. There are some very thick or entirely humourless people on this thread.

And yes, as others have said, people with cancer make jokes about it, members of my family included.

Really really
It's been explained

It's not a bash at cancer curing scientists it's the op taking the piss out of herself for unreasonably expecting scientists to be inventing flying jet cars and smellovision when they are in fact busy doing important stuff like trying to cure cancer.

Ivisibility switch on and off when I felt like it and nobidy else posessed the capability . Cure for blindness and Autism.

Oh for goodness sake. Just to state my credentials to comment - I watched both my parents die of cancer. The OP was very clearly saying why are scientists doing useful things like curing cancer when they should be satisfying her need for wacky trivial inventions.

I want
a machine that washes irons and puts away clothes

a mind altering ray that makes children want to do their homework even if their favourite TV programme is on.

Scientists please could you sort out time travel as a priority? Then we have unlimitless time for you to pop back to the lab and sort out everything else.

Updating my NSOH database now.....

If they worked just one hour extra of overtime they could easily transport me to a parallel world where I am rich, beautiful, popular, successful

No no no, that's not how parallel universes work. There's already a parallel universe where you are rich, beautiful, popular, successful. Of course you can't go and meet that version of yoursel - they're parallel, they never cross over. Duh. Ye canna break the laws of physics. What do they teach people nowadays? I suppose there's also a parallel universe where I wouldn't have to explain this.

Grimma I refuse to believe that, they did it on fringe. And fake Olivia took the place of real Olivia for a while