Eat My Shorts
Reports at the weekend suggested that scientists in Switzerland may have overturned the laws of physics - or Einstein's theory of special relativity - as I am fond of saying over the breakfast table occasionally.
But in a very unboffin-like response - Jim Al-Khalili - professor of physics at the University of Surrey - has said he will 'eat his shorts' - or 'eat my shorts' to be strictly accurate - if this turns out to be true.
Now apparently the boffins in Switzerland are shooting neutrinos down to Italy - in some kind of wacky scientific pea-shooter - only to find that these pesky neutrinos are arriving there earlier than they should.
Which - if true - means that they are travelling at faster than the speed of light.
Which is impossible according to Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity - which says that nothing can travel faster than light - which speeds along at 186,282 miles per second.
Which is even faster than Labour's famous policy U-turns - in the run up to the Scottish Parliament's elections - it has to be said.
So we are now in the position where the brainiest folks in the world - are quoting Bart Simpson - in their quest to solve the mysteries of the universe.
Professor Jim Al-Khalili - by the way - has also said that if he has to eat his shorts - they will be accompanied by lashings ot tomato ketchup.
I can only advise the potentially absent-minded professor - that in his understandable excitement - he should remember to wash them thoroughly first.
But in a very unboffin-like response - Jim Al-Khalili - professor of physics at the University of Surrey - has said he will 'eat his shorts' - or 'eat my shorts' to be strictly accurate - if this turns out to be true.
Now apparently the boffins in Switzerland are shooting neutrinos down to Italy - in some kind of wacky scientific pea-shooter - only to find that these pesky neutrinos are arriving there earlier than they should.
Which - if true - means that they are travelling at faster than the speed of light.
Which is impossible according to Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity - which says that nothing can travel faster than light - which speeds along at 186,282 miles per second.
Which is even faster than Labour's famous policy U-turns - in the run up to the Scottish Parliament's elections - it has to be said.
So we are now in the position where the brainiest folks in the world - are quoting Bart Simpson - in their quest to solve the mysteries of the universe.
Professor Jim Al-Khalili - by the way - has also said that if he has to eat his shorts - they will be accompanied by lashings ot tomato ketchup.
I can only advise the potentially absent-minded professor - that in his understandable excitement - he should remember to wash them thoroughly first.
