I just had lunch with Brother-in-law #3. We ate on the roof of my lab building, and after we were finished, Brother-in-law #3 admired the view. “I think I can see my house from here,” he remarked.
“Yeah, I think that dome is the Greek Orthodox church near your house,” I replied.
He thought for a minute, estimating the distance between my lab and his house, and then asked, “Do you think that if you had a jet-pack you’d be able to make it to that church?”
I stared at him for a second. “Well, since jet-packs aren’t real, sure. Why not?”
“What? They’re not real?” he exclaimed.
“Nope.”
“But I’ve seen them!” he said.
“In movies? And cartoons?” I asked. He admitted this was the case.
Oh, how we laughed at his foolishness. How silly he was. “Well, I’m glad I made this mistake in front of you and not at a job interview or something,” he said.
I told him I would have to blog about it. “That’s fair,” he said.
Guess what? They’re totally real.
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He's so unassuming, isn't he? On another note, that'll teach you to contradict him. He's a smartie.
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