When the police stop you on the way to work / YOU KNOW I'M SOMETHING OF AN ESSENTIAL WORKER MYSELF
A Something of a Scientist Myself post.
You once watched a video about load-bearing walls. When the builder taps the kitchen wall, you nod and say "yeah, that one's structural" before he can. The doctor mentions your blood pressure. You mention that you've read about this, by which you mean a headline on the bus. Your uncle swirls the wine, sniffs it and says "oaky". It's a £6.50 Rioja from the Co-op, and he once did a tasting on a cruise. Your friend says she's just back from Italy. You say you're something of an Italy person yourself. You've been to the Pizza Express in Croydon twice. **Why it caught on:** Willem Dafoe's Norman Osborn telling Peter Parker "You know, I'm something of a scientist myself" in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002) became the go-to line for anyone claiming expertise on very thin evidence.