Nuclear Power???

tomtom22

Chief Engineer
A stranger was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and turned to her saying, 'Let's talk. I've heard flights go quicker if you have a conversation with your fellow passenger.' The little girl, closed her book and said, 'What would you like to talk about?'

'Oh, I don't know,' said the stranger. 'How about nuclear power?' and he smiles. ‘OK,' she said. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass - Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?'


The stranger, surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, 'Hmmm, I have no idea.' To which the little girl replies, 'Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power
when you don't know crap?


From The Boston Post Bugle
A Publication of The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Boston Post

 
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I may not know crap, and I sure don't know nuclear physics, but I am willing to bet that a nuclear physicist is certainly qualified enough to talk about nuclear physics without knowing crap.
 
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