Joe and Moe were carpenters. Joe was always finding ways to tease Moe, who was not too bright.

One night Joe shined his flashlight up to the 2nd story of a house and said, “Moe, would you mind climbing up this light beam and get my hammer for me?’

Moe said, “Ha! How dumb do think I am?’

“I’m sorry,” Joe replied.

“You’d better be,” said Moe. “I know you too well . . . you’d let me get halfway up and then turn the light off!’

Well, Moe wasn’t too bright. But it reminds me of a story that’s told on one of the brightest men who ever lived, Albert Einstein.

Einstein showed up at the Institute where he worked one morning hobbling around with a cane. It seems that during the night he had stubbed his big toe.

“This has happened five or six times before from walking around in the darkness,” …