*facepalm*

[cimorene]

a new course in folkloristics today.

Professor Surprise¹: what do you think about when you hear the word "fieldwork"? anyone?
me: jane goodall.
[silence]
Professor Surprise: who?
me: you know, that woman - with the chimpanzees?
Professor Surprise: oh - i don't know, but i'll just write "chimpanzees", okay?

[Poll #902689]


1. Professor Surprise is wee and perky and seems nice. her name results from her very short and wide-set, rather high eyebrows. she looks perpetually surprised, or at least very, very intent.

Comments

[cimness.livejournal.com]

nope! she's known for discovering that chimpanzees make and use tools (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall).

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Huh. I must be thinking of someone else, then. Who;s the Gorillas in the Mist lady again?

[cimness.livejournal.com]

apparently it's dian fossey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_in_the_Mist:_The_Story_of_Dian_Fossey), although i hadn't actually heard of her before.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

That's the one!

... How the hell did I get those two confused? o_O