Monday, December 23, 2013

The Proof is in the Pudding

One of my favorite English idioms is "the proof is in the pudding".

I am forced to imagine a homicide trial where the lead prosecutor is about to present a key piece of evidence. He pulls out a seemingly mundane bowl and says to the judge 


And the gallery gasps in surprise as he pulls a 38-caliber handgun out of the bowl, sopped and dripping in banana pudding. He begins to describe how the alleged murderer obtained the weapon and how he fired it, but has to pause to remove a slice of banana that has slipped and wedged its way into the barrel.

Later in the trial, a forensics expert is giving a key piece of testimony.

"You see," she says, "we took a sample of the gunpowder from the scene, put it in a rather gelatinous solution that was 3 parts tapioca, 2 parts key lime Jello, and were able to scientifically match the gunpowder to the weapon in question."


Elsewhere, a scientist is shocked to find the Higgs-Boson Particle floating innocently in his evening bowl of Bavarian Cream.

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