ELEMENTARY

Wilson has been jolted out of his Frühjahrsmüdigkeit by yesterday's news that four new elements have been discovered.

'How hard can it be,' he reasoned, 'if they can find four all at once?'

Now he's in the kitchen with a plate of 'brain food' [cake] and a mug of strong coffee doing some research. I have to say that his research is less concerned with the process of discovery of new elements than with the cash value of a Nobel Prize.

'I shall call my new element "Wilsonium"' he declared proudly. 'Or possibly "Vermilinguite".'