Could be worse, my old pathologist boss used to call me bugalugs or
thingummyjig......

charming!!!

It was, of course a token of affection, it meant he was in a good mood!

emma

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	J. A. Kiernan [SMTP:jkiernan@julian.uwo.ca]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 29, 2000 7:41 AM
> To:	Scott Taft
> Cc:	Linda Jenkins; Histonet
> Subject:	Re: Bonehead or....
> 
> On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Scott Taft wrote:
> 
> > I've been called "bonehead" and I had one supervisor
> > in Denver call me "Bodian brain"  Still don't know
> > which one I like the best.
> 
>  The latter can only be a compliment. David Bodian, who
>  died a few years ago, was a distinguished scientist
>  before he was 30, on account of his protargol method
>  for axons (1936). He went on to do important work in
>  comparative neuroanatomy and on the pathology of
>  poliomyelitis.
>