Blagspot

I'm getting a bit of a reputation in seminars. It's not that I'm particularly good (or terrible) but if there's an awkward silence, I'm always the one to break it. The silences normally crop up when a particularly difficult question is asked, and this is how it goes down.

Tutor - Can anybody tell me how fast we're moving in the universe?

*Silence*

*SILENCE*

Me - (quietly) 20 metres per second.

Tutor - Pardon?

Me - 20....thousand metres per second.

(Everybody laughs)

Tutor - Actually that's a pretty close guess. Well done.

(Everybody scowls)


Basking in the success of this fluke answer, I tried it again yesterday.

Tutor - How many stars are visible with the naked eye?

*Silence*

Me - 4...is it 400?

Tutor - Well no, it's about 5000 typically.

Me - Right.