The Alpha-Bungaro Toxin Joke

...this is a classic for us physiologists...

There's a famous joke amongst physiologists, to do with drugs and neurotransmitters

[wow... must be dead funny then]

Well, what you do, you see, is you go up to someone. And you ask them... you ask them...

[laughter starts, gently at first but rising in a crescendo along the telling of the joke]

You say, 'What comes in crates and makes you paralytic?'

[we know exactly what he wants us to say]

Well?

[how long can we drag this out? Hmmm...]

Well, what most people would say is 'beer'!

[his laughter is heading fast towards climax]

You see, beer comes in crates. And if you were to drink a lot of it, you might exceed capacity. And that would make you...

...Paralytic!

[despite not having reached the punchline, Dr Tapp seems to have yet again reinvented the wheel of comedy and is well into his merriment]

But we physiologists. We think differently. You see, we know the answer is...

...Alpha Bungaro Toxin!

[Dr Tapp almost falls over with the force of his jollity. everyone still hasn't understood the punchline. they might check Keynes and Aidley later]

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