Athenaeum (Pasadena, California)

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  where no man... (guest)

  Okay, here's my Athenaeum story: was at a black tie thing for JPL. Guest of honor was Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek. Lots of astronomers and physicists, etc. After dinner there's a queue for the bathrooms. I'm standing in line with the rest of the CalTech smarties, waiting to use the urinal. So into the bathroom walks Gene Roddenberry. He takes one look at the line for the urinals, looks at all the smart people waiting there trying to hold it...then casually walks over to one of the empty stalls, opens the door, goes in, and proceeds to happily relieve himself in the toilet. After zipping up and washing his hands, he passes all the smarties still waiting in line and with a smile, shakes his head and says, "Rocket scientists..." Ha. There was a mad dash for the stalls.

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