Time Is Running Out in the Project
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The switch is set... The clock has started... Time's running out!
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High School Science Project Goes Awry
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Paul Stevens high school science project has gotten a little out of hand. He just built an atomic bomb. Now he's got 11 hours to make sure it doesn't work.
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Evacuation Concerns in The Manhattan Project
Official:
Sir, what about evacuation?
Lt. Col. Conroy:
Evacuation? Of who?
Official:
The people.
Lt. Col. Conroy:
Oh, you mean New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Canada... those people?
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Debate Over Disassembling a Beautiful Creation
Dr. Matthewson: [about the device]
It's very pretty.
Paul:
Thanks.
Dr. Matthewson:
Now what do you say we take it apart before everyone goes crazy?
Paul:
No, I'm sorry. I can't do that right now.
Dr. Matthewson:
This isn't accomplishing anything.
Paul:
Sure it is.
Dr. Matthewson:
What?
Paul:
Deterrence.
Dr. Matthewson:
Deterrence?
Paul: [[w:Mutually assured destruction|mutually assured destruction]
Yeah. You know, when each side thinks that they're going to blow everybody up. It's called ].
Dr. Matthewson:
Yeah, I know what it's called.
Paul:
Well, it's working, isn't it?
Dr. Matthewson:
How do you mean?
Paul:
I'm still alive, aren't I?
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Negotiating with an Armed Child
Lt. Col. Conroy:
OK, here's the deal. We have an irrational child down there with an armed device. He seems to trust you, so you get down there.
Dr. Matthewson:
And do what?
Lt. Col. Conroy:
Disarm him. Get him to take it apart.
Dr. Matthewson:
And if he won't?
Lt. Col. Conroy:
Well, then just separate him from it and we'll do the rest.
Dr. Matthewson:
I can't do that.
Lt. Col. Conroy:
And why not?
Dr. Matthewson:
Because I'm not a-
Lt. Col. Conroy:
What, a killer? Is that the word you're groping for, Doctor? And just what the bloody hell do you think you've been working on all these years? What do you think all this is for? Your own personal amusement? To stimulate you intellectually? You are what you are, Doctor - a son of a bitch, like the rest of us. Now for God's sake, take some responsibility and do what needs to be done.
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A Small Atomic Bomb Construction Inquiry
Elizabeth:
Paul, did you build an atomic bomb?
Paul:
Only a little one.
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Life Beyond Freezing Toads
Jenny:
Why are you doing this?
Moore:
Because life, my dear, is more than just freezing toads.
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Unexpected Advances in Romantic Interaction
Dr. Matthewson:
What do you think you're doing?
Paul:
Well I thought we'd start out with kissing, and then we might move onto the fancy stuff.
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Innovative Ideas in Unusual Science Projects
Eccles:
I invented a way of using insects as a dietary supplement for humans. Beetles, ants, mosquitoes. You grind them up -- low cholesterol.
Jeffery:
Shut up, Eccles. That's disgusting. My project is quite fascinating. I took six common toads and froze them in liquid nitrogen for six months.
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Perfection is an unrealistic expectation
Dr. Matthewson:
This is terrible, I feel like a perfect ass.
Elizabeth:
Nobody's perfect.
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Unexpected Ingredients in Shampoo
Scientist: [reading a lab report on the plutonium sample that Paul has replaced]
Water, citric acid, sodium laureth sulfate, hydrolyzed animal protein, glycerin, USFDA coloring #5.
Dr. Matthewson:
What the hell is it?
Scientist:
It's shampoo.
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The Promise of a Future
Jenny:
If we get killed we won't have any future.
Paul:
Of course we will. You always have a future.
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Ignoring the Present for a Better Future
Jenny: [[Anne Frank]
This isn't funny. Do you know what this is like? It's like when you read about, I don't know, ] or something and you say to yourself, Jesus why didn't they do something. The whole world is collapsing. They just sat around, life as usual, maybe it'll go away, but it never goes away it only gets worse and nobody thinks about the future. What's the matter?
Paul:
Who's Anne Frank?
Jenny:
Um, a girl in my English class.
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Rare Clover Highlights Unlikely Natural Mutation
Jenny:
A five-leaf clover. Where did you find it?
Paul:
Growing outside that lab. You know the odds of that kind of mutation happening naturally, without chemicals or radiation or something?
Jenny:
What?
Paul:
There are none. I looked it up, it's like a billion to one. It never happens.
Jenny:
Maybe you're just very lucky.
Jenny:
Oh my God.
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Searching for a Quiet Sublet Abroad
Elizabeth:
And you're interested in a one bedroom sublet, furnished? Any special requirements?
Dr. Matthewson:
It should be quiet and in an English-speaking country.
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The Importance of Publication in Science
Scientist #1: [about Matthewson]
He'd get the Nobel if he could publish.
Scientist #2:
Publish?
Scientist #1:
I said "if".
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Innocent Question About Hamsters Raises Concern
Student: [about Paul]
What's the problem? Was he sexually abusing the hamsters or something?
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Consequences of Negligence in Critical Situations
Lt. Colonel Conroy:
You mean I'm gonna die because some asshole didn't bring a pair of pliers?
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A Declaration of Love and Commitment
Paul Stevens: [after being drugged]
Jenny. I love you, Jenny. I wanna be your wife.
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A Surprising Revelation About a Box
Paul Stevens:
Hey, Mister, I betcha can't guess what I've got in this box. An atomic bomb.
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Unexpected Task in a Serious Situation
Paul Stevens:
I never thought I'd say this to anyone, but I gotta go get the atomic bomb from out of the car.
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A Proposal for a Wager
Dr. Matthewson: [as they are about to disarm the bomb]
Anybody want to make a bet?
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Questioning the Need for Secrecy in Research
Dr. Matthewson:
Oh, what did you want us to do? Put up a neon sign that says Secret Weapons Laboratory'?
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Consequences of Defiance in Authority
Dr. Matthewson:
You try to tough it out with them, they'll lock you in a room and throw away the room.
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Access to a Powerful Laser
Dr. Matthewson:
I just happen to have access to one of the sexiest lasers in the entire free world.
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The Allure of Pure Plutonium
Dr. Matthewson:
It's the purest plutonium in the universe. Pretty, isn't it?
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