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" BURNS: I couldn’t tell you what a sine, cosine, or tangent is if my life depended on it! Audience laughter. And remember those word problems they used to torment us with: if one train leaves New York for Boston at 11 a.m. going 75 miles an hour, and another train leaves New York for Boston at 11:30 going 100 miles an hour, at what time will the operator of the first train text his wife that he left his lunch bag on the kitchen counter?
PLATO: I do not understand the question.
BURNS: Wow! I stumped Plato! Anyone?
ZEE: At no time, since it’s illegal for an operator to text while he’s operating a train! Audience laughter and applause "

Rebecca Goldstein , Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away


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Rebecca Goldstein quote : BURNS: I couldn’t tell you what a sine, cosine, or tangent is if my life depended on it! <i>Audience laughter.</i> And remember those word problems they used to torment us with: if one train leaves New York for Boston at 11 a.m. going 75 miles an hour, and another train leaves New York for Boston at 11:30 going 100 miles an hour, at what time will the operator of the first train text his wife that he left his lunch bag on the kitchen counter?<br />PLATO: I do not understand the question.<br />BURNS: Wow! I stumped Plato! Anyone?<br />ZEE: At no time, since it’s illegal for an operator to text while he’s operating a train! <i>Audience laughter and applause</i>