| Sheldon's voice sounds like a chipmunk.. very funny!!!! Scene: Kripke is in a storage cupboard of some kind. He has tubes rigged up through the roof attached to helium tanks which he is turning on. The radio is playing. Radio: This is Ira Flatow and you're listening to NPR's Science Friday. Joining us today by phone from his office in Pasadena, California is Dr. Sheldon Cooper. Kripke: Oh, this is going to be a wiot. Scene switches to Sheldon's office, where the end of the tubing can be seen coming through the wall. Hissing can be heard. Radio: Thanks for being with us today, Dr. Cooper. Sheldon: My pleasure, Ira. Ira: Now, let's talk about magnetic monopoles. Can you explain to our audience just what a monopole is? Sheldon: Of course. First, consider an ordinary magnet which has, (the pitch of his voice begins to rise) as even the most uneducated in your audience must know, two poles, (pitch rises further) a north and south pole. If you cut that in half, you have two smaller magnets, each with its own north and south pole. Ira: Uh, Dr. Cooper, I think there might be something wrong with our connection. Sheldon (even higher pitch): No, I hear you fine. As I was saying, an ordinary magnet has two poles. The primary characteristic of a monopole is that it has only one pole, hence, monopole. Scene cuts to university cafeteria where Kripke is holding up the radio for all to listen. Sheldon: A requirement for string theory, or M-theory, if you will, is the existence of such ... |
