Physics Jokes

It is highly likely that I will be involved in producing a bulletin for C.N. Yang's 85th birthday conference, and am considering what to include in the publication.

Chanced upon some physics jokes in last year's NUS Physoc publication, and particularly enjoyed this one:

One day, all of the world’s famous physicists decided to get together for a party (ok, there were some non-physicists too who crashed the party). Fortunately, the doorman was a graduate student, and was able to observe some of the guests…

• Everyone gravitated towards Newton, but he just kept moving around at a constant velocity and showed no reaction.

• Einstein thought it was a relatively good time.

• Coulomb got a real charge out of the whole thing.

• Thompson enjoyed the plum pudding.

• Pascal was under too much pressure to enjoy himself.

• Ohm spent most of the time resisting Ampere’s opinions on current events.

• Volta thought the social had a lot of potential.

• The Curies were there and just glowed the whole time.

• Millikan dropped his Italian oil dressing.

• de Broglie mostly just stood in the corner and waved.

• Watt turned out to be a powerful speaker.

• Hertz went back to the buffet table several times a minute.

• The food was beautifully laid out by Mendeleyev on the periodic table.

Besides jokes, another possibility would be to include an interview with Professor Oh Choo Hiap on the achievements of C.N. Yang. This interview should be easily accessible to laymen, such as Charlie Rose's interview with Professor Lisa Randall.