Scene 19: The Sauna.
We are on the hotel stairs.
Banani, all sweaty and out of breath, has reached the tenth floor.
Banani: Thanks, Igor! You can leave my suitcases here. By the way, which floor is your room on?
Igor: On the first floor, sir. I wish you a good night…
Igor chuckles sarcastically as he heads down the numerous flights of stairs.
Igor: The illustrious Banani has been assigned a room on the tenth floor of a building with no elevator. Meanwhile, his humble assistant has been given a room on the first floor. It’s true what the Lord said. Sooner or later, the last will be first!
We are in Banani’s room.
Banani: Ah! What infernal heat! I can’t wait to take a cold shower!
Banani opens the door. In an instant, a blast of heat almost knocks him to the floor.
Banani: This room is worse than a sauna! The humidity is so high that 100% isn’t enough to measure it!
After finding that the window only opens partially, through a small gap, and that the air conditioning isn’t working, Banani gives up, sitting on the bed and continuing to read the book.
Banani: It won’t be easy to fall asleep in this heat. Maybe a bit of reading will help…
Banani reads and reflects: Some time ago, someone proposed that the beginning of the universe could have been caused by a quantum fluctuation. The problem with this is that without time, space, matter, or energy, excluding the existence of God, we would have nothing. But a quantum fluctuation is not nothing; it is something! I remember that even other scientists laughed after the same inventor of this idea had to admit it.
Banani uses the room phone to call Igor’s room.
Igor: Hello?
Banani: Igor, does your air conditioning work?
Igor: Unfortunately not, sir.
Banani: Ah, okay! I thought you had managed to turn it on… Alright… that was all… good night!
Igor: Good night, sir.
Igor hangs up the phone.
Igor: The great Banani is capable of using a particle accelerator but doesn’t know how to turn on a common air conditioner? Obviously, not wanting to offend him, I couldn’t tell him that I’ve already turned mine on. I wonder if the professor has ever considered picking up the remote and pressing the ON button!