A physicist recently won a Nobel Prize
Over the course of the next few weeks he is welcomed to many ceremonies and events as a guest speaker.
On the way to the next event at Caltech University, he rehearses his speech again. During a pause, his driver says “You know I’ve heard your speech so many times, I can pretty much recite it word-for-word.”
“Can you really?” the physicist remarks, and challenges the driver to see whether he can deliver the speech at the University. The driver accepts this challenge; they stop to change clothes and switch seats.
They are graciously welcomed into the lecture theatre and the physicist sits near the front. Nobody suspects a thing while the driver stands confidently on stage and delivers the speech flawlessly and charismatically.
After a cheerful applause, the floor is opened up for questions and answers. Normally no questions are asked, but a somewhat arrogant young man grills the driver and asks him a tricky physics question.
The driver simply laughs and shouts, “Young man, that question is ridiculously easy. I’ll even let my driver here in the front answer that!”
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