Taxing Fools

This time of year always reminds me of the non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm effect.
Whah? Well it’s due entirely to this colloquium on the non-abelian Aharonov-Bohm effect given by John Preskill:

This talk was originally schedule for April 1st. I was delighted. I’ve always wanted to give a talk on April 1st, and this subject seemed like the ideal one for that date. Then, in a stunning reversal, the talk was rescheduled for April 15th. I was shocked. Suddently, instead of speaking on the funniest day of the year, I was speaking on the least funny day of the year. I know that everyone is in a somber mood on April 15th, so I have decided that there will be no jokes in this talk. I’m sorry. I hope that you don’t find the talk to be overly taxing.

Classic! The closest I’ve ever come to giving a talk on a holiday was when I gave a talk here at UW on Valentines day. I’m still disappointed that I didn’t have enough jokes about the day. I’m sure my audience would have loved it.