ALBERT EINSTEIN AND HIS CHAUFFEUR
Added on: 10th May 2015
When Albert Einstein was making the
rounds of the speaker's circuit,
he usually found himself eagerly longing
to get back to his laboratory work.
One night as they were driving to yet another dinner,
Einstein mentioned to his chauffeur
(a man who somewhat resembled Einstein
in looks and manner) that he
was tired of speechmaking.
"I have an idea, boss,
" his chauffeur said.
"I've heard you give this speech so many times,
I'll bet I could give it for you."
Einstein laughed loudly and said,
"Why not? Let's do it!"
When they arrived at the dinner,
Einstein donned the chauffeur's cap
and jacket and sat in the back of the room.
The chauffeur gave a beautiful rendition
of Einstein's speech and even
answered a few questions expertly.
Then a supremely pompous professor asked
an extremely esoteric question about
antimatter formation, digressing here and
there to let everyone in the audience
know that he was nobody's fool.
Without missing a beat,
the chauffeur fixed the professor with
a steely stare and said,
"Sir, the answer to that question is so
simple that I will let my chauffeur,
who is sitting in the back, answer it for me."
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