From: Seth Kurtzberg <seth@...>
Date: 2003-03-05T14:30:49+09:00
Subject: Re: OT: Einstein's chauffeur - was Re: OSCON

On Tuesday 04 March 2003 10:05 pm, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Seth Kurtzberg" <seth@cql.com>
> To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 10:50 PM
> Subject: Re: OSCON
>
> > On Tuesday 04 March 2003 09:39 pm, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > In message "Re: OSCON"
> > >
> > >     on 03/03/05, Seth Kurtzberg <seth@cql.com> writes:
> > > |> Tutorial is not approved yet.  It's about creating extensions.
> > > |> If it's approved, will anybody help me?
> > > |
> > > |Specifically, what help do you need?
> > >
> > > Attend the tutorial, help part of presentation, fill the words I drop
> > > when I screw up somehow, answer trivial questions from audience, etc.
> >
> > I could do that.  Usually I manage to speak in complete sentences.  :)
>
> Probably just that I got up too early this morning...
> but this reminds me of the old joke about Einstein
> and his chauffeur. :)
>
>
> They were approaching the next speaking engagement
> at a university. The chauffeur said, "You know,
> Dr. Einstein, I've heard you give this talk so
> many times, I'll bet I could give it in your place."
>
> So Einstein says, "That's a good idea." So they
> trade clothes. At the university, the chauffeur
> delivers the speech flawlessly and there is
> thunderous applause.
>
> Then comes the question and answer session. A
> physics professor stands up and asks a long,
> involved question about general relativity and
> the curvature of spacetime.
>
> "I'm surprised you would ask that," says the
> chauffeur. "I'm very surprised. It's an extremely
> elementary question. I'd have expected better
> from this distinguished body. In fact, to show you
> just how simple that question is... I'm going to
> let my chauffeur answer it..."

That will only work if you think I could pass for Matz   :)

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