BobinBoulder
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Reminds me of an old joke told by my Physics Prof back in college.
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A Physicist and bookie are having a conversation at a horse track
Physicist: I can calculate to 99.9% accuracy who will win the next race, come in second and third!
Bookie: No kidding?!? I'll split half the winnings if you tell me which horses and in what order
Physicist: No problem.
The Physicist scratches a couple of equations onto a racing sheet that all look very complicated and after a few minutes names off the horses and in what order he predicts they will finish.
The bookie rushes off to the nearest loan shark, borrows as much money as he can (promising to pay it all back at the days end or legs and arms will be broken), and runs to the nearest window to bet it all on the trifecta
Bookie gets back trackside and sits down to next to the physicist just as the race starts.
Bookie: Say, I'm no scientist, but can you explain to me how you came up with the winners today?
Physicist: Sure... no problem.... first you assume that the horse is a perfect sphere....
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(and "Yes", I am a (former?) physicist, and I still laugh my butt off every time I hear/tell that joke).
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A Physicist and bookie are having a conversation at a horse track
Physicist: I can calculate to 99.9% accuracy who will win the next race, come in second and third!
Bookie: No kidding?!? I'll split half the winnings if you tell me which horses and in what order
Physicist: No problem.
The Physicist scratches a couple of equations onto a racing sheet that all look very complicated and after a few minutes names off the horses and in what order he predicts they will finish.
The bookie rushes off to the nearest loan shark, borrows as much money as he can (promising to pay it all back at the days end or legs and arms will be broken), and runs to the nearest window to bet it all on the trifecta
Bookie gets back trackside and sits down to next to the physicist just as the race starts.
Bookie: Say, I'm no scientist, but can you explain to me how you came up with the winners today?
Physicist: Sure... no problem.... first you assume that the horse is a perfect sphere....
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(and "Yes", I am a (former?) physicist, and I still laugh my butt off every time I hear/tell that joke).
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