Geologists are 'scientists' with an unnatural obsession with geology (rocks). Often too intelligent to do monotonous sciences
like biology, chemistry, or physics, geologists devote their time to
mud-worrying, volcano poking, fault finding, bouldering,
dust-collecting, and high-risk colouring. One of the main difficulties in communicating with geologists is their belief that a million years is a short amount of time and their heads are harder than rocks. Consequently, such abstract concepts as "Tuesday Morning" and Lunchtime are completely beyond their comprehension.
Geologists in the movies are nothing
like the real thing. For example, in a volcanic eruption, or major earthquake, no geologist is going to give a
rat's
ass about rescuing a
dog even if it does belong to the romantic interest's children. He or she will be far more concerned about the mineralogy of the
ash falling from the
sky, or the viscosity of the lava flow and its movement across the substrate (which may or may not include a village).
There is a considerable, and still growing body of scientific literature that suggests that geologists are in fact the world's first
alcohol-based life form.
The geologists were supplied with alchohol (a common strategy to loosen up the cast in reality
TV), but the camera
crew was surprised to notice that even after drinking gallons of the liquid, the geologists did not change their behavior, and continued talking in an obscure jargonized language about 'bombs', 'breccia,' and 'lahars,' none of which made for good reality
TV.
