Ben Wolfe: The first time, I gave 15 lbs to a friend in another lab. A year later, I was taking a class from friend's advisor, and it came out that I'd been responsible for the 15 lbs of sour worms that had materialized in her lab. The look I got conveyed "you... you?!? did that?"

Ten pounds of jellybeans is a lot of jellybeans and also I regret nothing

In grad school, I bought 30 lbs of sour gummy candy. Twice.

I love it

The first time, I gave 15 lbs to a friend in another lab. A year later, I was taking a class from friend's advisor, and it came out that I'd been responsible for the 15 lbs of sour worms that had materialized in her lab. The look I got conveyed "you... you?!? did that?"

Now that is a thing to be known for in the department :D

Well, the first round caused a postdoc to fail his willpower check badly enough that round two, several years later, was met with shudders and warding signs.

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