From: utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!ihnss!ihuxv!lew Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: physicist joke Article-I.D.: ihuxv.145 Posted: Tue Jun 8 09:49:51 1982 Received: Wed Jun 9 01:09:01 1982 A mobster approached a chemist, an engineer, and a physicist with an offer they couldn't refuse. "Come up with a surefire way to make seabiscuit win in the fifth at Aqueduct", he said, "otherwise I can't guarantee your continued good health. You have one week." In a week he came back and asked the chemist what he had. "Well, I've developed a powerful stimulate which dissolves into simple sugars after twenty minutes." said the chemist. "Hmmm not bad - if it works." said the mobster. He then turned to the engineer. "I've developed an organic fibrous electolytic cell which can be woven into the horses saddle pad. It should make him run like hell." said the engineer. "OK, we'll see." said the mobster, turning to the physicist, "What have you got?" "Well, I don't have any practical results yet, but I have done some theoretical ground work. Now consider a spherical horse ..."