A chump I knew once made the statement:
"Aluminium doesn't conduct electricity."
My 14 year old son immediately retorted-
"Here , go and shove this in the fusebox!"
"This" being a piece of worktop trim.
His classic was to phone me at 11 one evening raving about 'Halley-Bopp', [ a new comet ] which he could see from his house.
Turned out H.B. was still only visible, at that date, from the Southern Hemisphere. He had in fact been gazing raptly all evening at Berry Hill Rugby Club's new floodlights. But I spent 20 minutes outside in the freezing cold, in a tee-shirt, vainly looking for it, so who was the bigger fool??!!
Alan
