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In article <25173@dog.ee.lbl.gov>, sichase@csa3.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE) writes:

> I tell them I'm a nuclear physicist.  The typical response is "Really! How
> interesting... What do you do/study?" at which point I ask whether they
> want the real (5 minute) answer or the 10 second answer.  99% of the time,
> people request the 10 second answer, at which point I say that I bang
> nuclei together at high energy, and isn't the salmon mousse tasty... 
 
> Only twice can I recall someone asking for the long version[...]

I can't help thinking that you're going to the wrong parties.

[I give people a two-word answer:  "Smash atoms."  If they still 
seem interested, I feed 'em a bit more detail.]

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                                  | happen to like the production,
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