I am working again in Russian Academy of Sciences, the same old institution I used to work at. I wearing a lab coat that I found in the lab; perhaps it was a somebody else's coat (which turned out to be the case, see below). I then was going to leave the building, and, for some reason, I was still wearing this coat. The security officers, two women, started to do a check me. They patted me in the front and in the back (the security checks have become more stringent than in the old times). And yes- they found something on my back- it was a carpenter's hammer! What an embarrassment! I said to them that I had no idea where did the hammer come from. I asked them what would happen now, and they said: 'twenty days of prison'. I then saw a somebody else's name on the lap of the coat, and I said: look, this is not my coat! This is a mistake! Not sure if I was getting some slack because of this, or perhaps they needed some time to report on me and to make the decision. So, I was back in the building thinking about the twenty days in prison that were coming up. ~~Then another researcher (whom I did not recognize) approached me and said 'Take it easy man! it will be alright! Let's do a research project together- I have heard you are doing some nice work on polyurethanes! I have something in mind for you'. The dream ended at that point.
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