You know, I see an awful lot of people who seem fixated on calling other people gay. I have to wonder about them, sometimes...
So anyways, a true story for you all. Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman used to eat lunch every day at a particular diner back when he was a student at MIT. One day, he left his tip, two quarters, underneath two inverted cups of water. The next day, he noticed that the waitress of the previous day looked a little steamed and wouldn't serve him. He asked another waitress what happened.
"Well, she was trying to get your tip," the waitress answered. "But when she lifted one of the cups, all the water spilled out all over the place and made a big mess. Then she called the manager over and asked him what to do. But he didn't really know. So finally all they could do is pick up the other cup and let it make a mess again."
"Well, it's pretty simple to deal with," answered Feynman. "All you have to do is hold a bowl near the edge of the table and slide the cup over it so that the water spills into the bowl."
That day, Feynman left his tip under two upside down cups again. The next day, he arrived to find the second waitress obviously steamed at him. He finally got her attention and asked what was wrong.
"I got your tip by taking a bowl and sliding the cup over it just like you told me to," she said.
"So what's the problem?" Feynman asked.
"There wasn't any water in the cups!"
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