that's tooo funny... bet he kicked himself in the arse over that one for years to comeWhen was one of the co-hosts for a futurist conference at the university, NASA loaned one of the Lunar rocks to us for display. It was my responsibility to take the rock from the vault, put the exhibit on display, guard the exhibit, and return the rock to the vault each day of the conference. This proved to be a great opportunity for a little prank. When I was on my way to return the rock to the vault for the night, I happened to see my geology professor in the hallway outside the office with the vault. It so happened my assignment for the geology department that summer was to map rock and fossil collection sites for use by future geology classes. So, he was not all that surprised when I stopped him and said I had a recent geological sample for him to see.
The Lunar rock was encased inside a translucent pyramid of some material similar to a plexiglass for viewing. The interior of the container kept the Lunar rock sample in a noble gas. This Lunar rock display case was then stored inside a Halliburton case with some sturdy locks. It was this Halliburton case that I was carrying back to the vault when I met my Geology professor. I set the Halliburton case down on the counter and invited the geology professor to open the case and examine my recent rock sample discovery. He opened the case and took a look at the rock sample in its super special container, frowned, and asked what was so special about this dull and cinder like rock, why it was encased in the container, and where did it come from? I said, oh, it came from the Moon. He looked at me like I must have thought he was really stupid to fall for a gag like that, gazed at the rock briefly, and left after making it clear he wasn’t convinced I wasn’t joking around with him.
Later on after the conference ended and the Lunar rock was returned to NASA, he heard the news there had been a Lunar rock on display at the university. He then asked me why I hadn’t told him the sample I showed to him REALLY WAS a Lunar rock! I said in response, “I DID, I REALLY DID (smile)!
You had the last laugh. I’ll bet he stayed mad about that for years. I’ll also wager he never told anyone else that he was a victim of his own arrogance.
that's tooo funny... bet he kicked himself in the arse over that one for years to come