On 16-2-2015 9:52, Stephen wrote:
> On 16/02/2015 08:09, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 15-2-2015 16:38, Stephen wrote:
>>> On 15/02/2015 15:22, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>> Oh dear, no! Nor drop all your overhead sheets on the ground as I saw
>>>> happen :-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> You are giving your age away, now. ;-)
>>> Those sheets seemed to have no friction between them at all.
>>> Or so someone told me. :-)
>>>
>>
>> I know. Overhead sheets are only found in museums nowadays.
>>
>> No friction? well yes but often to the contrary. The damn things often
>> stuck together like hell with static electricity! But as you could put
>> them in individual holders they became a manageable pile.
>>
>
> Now we are getting back to the binary nature of life and Sods Law.
>

Beware of the /binary/ nature though. I must have told this story many 
times, maybe even here...

Settings: Split, in then still existing Yugoslavia; a lecture hall 
during a conference with a huge stage in front of the audience.

Characters: (1) Somebody high up in party hierarchy going to give a 
presentation on mineral resources; (2) his secretary.

Scene 1: The session's president introduces the next presentation 
(applause); the presenter comes up on stage with his secretary; 
presenter takes place behind the lectern; the secretary sits down 
besides the overhead projector, facing us, a little nervously, the 
audience; a few murmurs in the audience.

Scene 2: Presentation begins; English a bit difficult to follow; 
presenter signals to secretary to put up the first overhead, which she 
does; for about a couple of minutes all goes well.

Scene 3: Presenter asks for next overhead; image comes on screen; 
/wrong/ overhead; presenter starts to become irritated; secretary starts 
to become (more) nervous; overheads are successively put up and put down 
again without success; nervousness increases; presenter tries to go on 
from overhead then visible; secretary start to put up another overhead 
before being told to do so; presenter turns red; secretary panics and 
drops all the sheets on the stage;

Meanwhile, the audience: slow grins appearing on faces; bodies settling 
down more comfortably in chairs; hands fold on bellies.

Scene 4: panic extending on stage; presenter, secretary, and session 
president reassemble the sheets but no logical order can be found any 
more; presentation ends in chaos. (applause)


-- 
Thomas

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