Explaining GC-MS to non-academics using humour

[camilla]

I'm holding a presentation on GC-MS to a group of police officers next week. I need some help!!

I'm looking for someting I've heard about but not seen for my self (no, it is not Jesus). It is something about a group of people going to a bar for drinks. Some like drinks better than other, some goes just right through the bar and don't drink at all, out side on their way out their wifes beat them to pieces and now we're stuck with the pieces finding out who's who.

Sounds familiar?

It is suppose to be with some nice drawings aswell.

[Camisotro]

This poster is a must-read if you're trying to communicate mass spec to a wider audience:
http://www.asms.org/portals/0/WhatisMSPoster.pdf

[AICMM]

Camilla,

I might suggest a quick review of the pig sorting posts earlier in this section. A humorous (HGF) look at the business of sorting that might give you some more ideas on how to present this topic. If you search "pig" you should easily find it.

Best regards,

AICMM

[Paulhurleyuk]

I always explain liquid chromatography using a similar analogy. A Husband and wife are walking along the high street towards the pub. The wife walks slowly, looking in all the shop windows, while the husband hurries towards the pub. The wife has a high affinity for the shops (stationary phase) while the husband has a high affinity for the pub (mobile phase). If you had a hundred husbands and wives, you would get a peak of a hundered men walking into th pub, followed by the wives a short while longer.

Paul.

[Jiri Urban]

It is something about a group of people going to a bar for drinks.

Camilla, look at the comments

http://www.chromatographer.com/how-do-y ... matography

J.