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[[A man points to a diagram of a particle accelerator]]
Man 1: Do you have any thoughts regarding the particle accelerator's tertiary F.E.L. Guidance System?
Man 2: We can't put the broken part in the machine. It wouldn't smash the right tiny things together. Then the machine might break. That would be very bad.
[[Text at the bottom reads "I spent all night reading simple.wikipedia.org, and now I can't stop talking like this.]]
{{Title text: Actually, I think if all higher math professors had to write for the Simple English Wikipedia for a year, we'd be much better shape academically.}}
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