On 2018-03-03 17:18, Paul wrote:
Alan Browne wrote:
On 2018-03-03 15:35, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Alan
Browne writes:
On 2018-03-03 08:43, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
Â*A biochemist walks into a student bar and says to the barman: "I'd
likeÂ* a pint
of adenosine triphosphate, please." "Certainly," says the barman,
"that'll be
ATP."

Exceptionally clever.

(Would have emailed but your signature doesn't say how to demunge
your address yes, I thought so! I certainly didn't create it: it
was from a list of something like 100 best jokes, or 20 best puns, or
something, in the Independent (a British newspaper) some years ago.

Probably lost on non-UK readers though (-:

I got the "eighty p." easily enough.Â* I had to look up the substance
to find the clever bit.


A little Google gets the process rolling...

Â* "bioluminescence-for-beverages
Â*Â* ... Since ATP is a proxy for how much bacteria is present
Â* "

That's not how you make beer of course :-)

That suggests the biochemist is aware that a beer would
be rich in ATP, as it's a marker of some sort of "activity"
(fermentation???).

snipped

You haven't come even close to the clever bit.

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