From: utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!rabbit!ss Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Making tea Article-I.D.: rabbit.1064 Posted: Tue Jan 18 09:49:38 1983 Received: Thu Jan 20 04:04:28 1983 Speaking of mathematicians.... An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician were given the task of making tea. They were sent into a room with a stove, a tea pot, some teabags etc. The engineer lighted the stove, boiled water, put some tea bags in the pot and made tea. The physicist took a little longer since he had to figure out whether to add cream right away or wait until people wanted to drink tea. The mathematician took even longer, as he first had to prove the existance of tea before he could make it. A little later they were again sent in the kitchen to make tea. The only difference this time was that the teapot was on the floor. The engineer and the physicist went in, picked up the teapot and proceeded to make tea. The mathematician picked up the teapot, placed it on the counter, and thus having reduced the problem to one solved before, walked out. Sharad Singhal