When Albert Einstein was making the rounds of the
speaker's circuit, he usually found himself eagerly
longing to get back to his laboratory work.
One night, as Einstein and his chauffer were driving to
yet another rubber-chicken dinner, Einstein
mentioned to his chauffeur, a man who somewhat
resembled Einstein in looks amd manner, that he was
tired of speechmaking.
"I have an idea, boss," his chauffeur said. "I've
heard you give this speech so many times. I'll
bet I could give it for you."
Einstein laughed loudly and said, "Why not? Let's
do it!"
When they arrived at the dinner, Einstein put on the chauffeur's cap and jacket and sat in the back of the room. The chauffeur gave a beautiful rendition of Einstein's speech and even answered a few questions expertly.
Then, an extremely pompous professor asked a confusing
and difficult question about anti-matter formation,
digressing here and there to let everyone in the
audience know that he was nobody's fool.
Without missing a beat, the chauffeur fixed the
professor with a stare and said, "Sir, the
answer to that question is so simple that I will
let my chauffeur answer it for me."