What It’s Like to Carry Your Nobel Prize through Airport Security

Der Astrophysiker und Nobelpreis-Gewinner Brian Schmidt versuchte, in den USA in einem Flugzeug zu reisen, weil er seiner Oma in Fargo, North Dakota, die Medaille zeigen wollte. (via Fefe und Scientific American). Dieser Dialog mit den Kontrolleuren des Handgepäcks ist wirklich Comedy pur:

They’re like, ‘Sir, there’s something in your bag.’
I said, ‘Yes, I think it’s this box.’
They said, ‘What’s in the box?’
I said, ‘a large gold medal,’ as one does.
So they opened it up and they said, ‘What’s it made out of?’
I said, ‘gold.’
And they’re like, ‘Uhhhh. Who gave this to you?’
‘The King of Sweden.’
‘Why did he give this to you?’
‘Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating.’
At which point, they were beginning to lose their sense of humor. I explained to them it was a Nobel Prize, and their main question was, ‘Why were you in Fargo?’

Bruhahahaha.

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Oktober 12, 2014 | abgelegt unter Panorama, Science 

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3 Kommentare zu “What It’s Like to Carry Your Nobel Prize through Airport Security”

  1. ...derTrittbrettschreiber am Oktober 13th, 2014 6:51 am

    vielleicht haben diese Zöllner den wahren Wert dieser Medaille nur korrekt hinterfragt.

  2. I nominate this as a running joke for travelers: “What It’s Like to Carry Your Nobel Prize through Airport Security” | g_linked am Oktober 13th, 2014 7:32 am

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  3. m am Oktober 13th, 2014 10:03 pm

    Weltklasse-Wissenschaftler trifft auf geistiges Prekariat. Fehlt vermutlich nicht viel und man hätte für das Gespräch einen Dolmetscher hinzuziehen müssen.

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