Monday, April 10, 2006

Einstein:

The relativity of the fat ass.

Buying ladies underwear in Botswana is an adventure in itself. It seems simple: go to a shop, grab a value pack of knickers that has your size stamped on it, and pay.
When you come to the cashier, she measures you with her eyes. She asks suspiciously:
“Is this for you?”
“Yes.”
“You know it’s big?”
“Thanks, it’s my size.”
“You know it’s BIG?”
“Oh, it’ll fit.”
Looking doubtful she allows you to pay. Having second thoughts you have a look at it before you leave the shop. Out comes an oversized family party tent. Don’t worry about the size of your ass; it just depends on where you are.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Here we have an interesting case of general relativity, Maud. You know of course that in 4dimensional timespace the speed of clocks differs for observers in different locations with differential velocities. he opportunity for an interesting experiment would be tot try said knickers in Leiden. Calculate the differential circumferential earth rotation velocity between Gabarone and Leiden, put it all in Einsteins field equations and check whether you get a corresponding size-differential. You might candidate for the upcoming physics Nobel prize,
Welcome back home, yr dad Reinold