The Science Of Flotsam

At work, today, one of the stations received a call from a bloke who reckoned he'd found a human femur in a dam. (The femur, for those without their finger on the anatomical pulse, is the thighbone.) This, naturally, was cause for some concern. The caller went on to add that he worked for the CSIRO, and he was able to tell that it wasn't a bone from an animal.

So, too, were the police that attended.

He was right - it wasn't a bone from an animal. It was, in fact, a piece of wood.

This caused a workmate of mine to speculate that if this particular gentleman actually works for the CSIRO, it's likely he works as a janitor.