One of our current studies is on the effect of spinal cord injury or MS
on female sexual response, and it includes a therapeutic component.
Would love to have been in grants and contracts accounting as they
reviewed the purchase orders for EROS vibrators and xxx-rated porn
videos!

Pam

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From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
Behalf Of Jean C. Linder
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 10:43 AM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Looking for offbeat examples of costs

I just thought of another one:

One professor was studying sexual behavior in male rats, as influenced
by
the hormonal status of the females.  As he didn't want his female rats
to
get pregnant in every round of testing, he needed by buy a special
super-flexible brand of masking tape to use a barrier contraceptive.
The
males apparently didn't notice this brand when it was stuck to the
females,
but wouldn't perform if they used the standard, less-flexible brand
available at the campus storehouse.  -Jean

At 08:05 AM 5/30/2007, you wrote:
>I am doing a presentation on budgeting and am looking for offbeat
>examples of costs that have been budgeted on proposals or that the PI
>has submitted for reimbursement.  Below is an example from Maggie
>Griscavage submitted to the list in May 2006.
>****************************************
>Hi Everyone!
>It's Spring up here, so forgive me for being a little frivolous.
>Had a query on a Procard use where a charge hit a party shop. ...Here's
>a real life answer, suitably scrubbed...
>
>"The invoice from the party place should reflect mustaches and spirit
>gum for their application.  I purchased these items because I trap
birds
>for my research and am in great need of disguises...believe it or not
>the birds I work with know me.
>I thought that may look suspicious to you..."
>
>And, yes, I allowed the charges! This PI gets my top score for
honesty..
>Maggie
>(not-so-frozen North)
>
>
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