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Old Wed Jul 11, 2012, 07:28pm
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I've Definitely Been Officiating Too Long ...
I took the photo below at my environmental laboratory. This was not staged. One of my colleagues, for some reason, put a 50 mL conical plastic vial on top of a plastic funnel. I spotted it, and immediately thought of something from the "world of basketball officiating".

Any guesses as to what I was thinking of?

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. . . a 50 mL conical plastic vial . . .
Any guesses as to what I was thinking of?
" . . . burning out his fuse up here alone . . . "
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The OOB spaceship...
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The OOB spaceship.
Hold your calls. We have a winner.

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Old Thu Jul 12, 2012, 08:50am
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And I was thinking it was a new condom that protects the jewels too...
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Old Thu Jul 12, 2012, 09:02am
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And I was thinking it was a new condom that protects the jewels too...
A total of 9 posts before this one turned south...actually took longer than I expected considering the photo.
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I would challenge the fact that I was the first to answer correctly, but I guess veiled pre-disco era references don't count for squat with the younger audience here.
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Old Thu Jul 12, 2012, 04:55pm
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I took the photo below at my environmental laboratory. This was not staged. One of my colleagues, for some reason, put a 50 mL conical plastic vial on top of a plastic funnel. I spotted it, and immediately thought of something from the "world of basketball officiating".

Any guesses as to what I was thinking of?


I have not looked ahead to the other posts but I would say the Cylinder of Verticality.

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I would challenge the fact that I was the first to answer correctly, but I guess veiled pre-disco era references don't count for squat with the younger audience here.
I got it right away and I'm a fair share younger than BillyMac.
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"Burning out his fuse up here alone"
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I would challenge the fact that I was the first to answer correctly, but I guess veiled pre-disco era references don't count for squat with the younger audience here.


The judges have reconsidered. Freddy has been declared the winner and gets to pick a prize from the top shelf. referee99 must return his prize. Sorry referee99, you're a day late (actually only one hour late), and a dime short.
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Old Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:43pm
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I wanted to give the condom reference immediately,but thought it was neccessary to take the high road and Billy Mac doesn't come off as someone who would put a picture of a condom online...........
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