A likely story

A couple nights ago, Scott sent me an email to tell me that he was still working at school and he'd be calling me later than usual. Isn't he considerate? :-) Anyway, his explanation cracked me up - it was another of those "I'm dating Bill Nye the Science Guy, except without the activism" moments:

I want to optimize the parameters on the mass spec for Xe before I leave and the signal is low (which means more scans to get the signal to noise at a good place to analyze the data).

Well, if it means more scans to get the signal to noise at a good place to analyze the data ...

If I had a nickel for every time I've heard that one.