Three scientists\u2014Papaia, Banani, Ravioli\u2014and their assistant Igor, who were supposed to attend the famous dark matter conference, take the wrong flight and end up on the other side of the world. After arriving at the wrong airport, they book a hotel to spend the night, but it\u2019s not exactly what they expected\u2026 in the sense that it\u2019s terrible. After a rough night, they also get stuck in the elevator. But the hotel clerk, in an effort to save money, leaves them there until dinner time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re at the reception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s 8:00 PM, and the elevator technician has arrived at the Sunflowerr Hotel. The technician opens the electrical panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clerk (watching the work): Please hurry up, I don\u2019t want to pay for an extra hour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Technician: Actually, I\u2019m already done. The elevator isn\u2019t broken, it\u2019s working perfectly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clerk: Then how did the four scientists get stuck inside?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back in the elevator, where the four are still trapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Suddenly, Banani jumps to his feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banani (excited): Guys, I\u2019ve got an idea!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Papaia: We\u2019ve already tried everything. What are you thinking?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banani: Who says we have to go straight to the reception?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravioli: What else can we do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banani: We can go to the first floor and take the stairs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Papaia: If the elevator is broken, it won\u2019t go to any other floor. We don\u2019t even know if the door will open\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravioli: Banani is right, we have to try!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banani: Colleagues, cross your fingers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banani presses the button: one. The elevator starts to move down. Then the door opens at the reception. In front of them stand the clerk and the technician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Papaia: This can\u2019t be!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banani: So, the button 1 is actually the reception?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravioli: Impossible! The reception is always zero!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Clerk: Oh no! What\u2019s wrong with you guys?! Didn\u2019t I tell you last night that the ground floor is reserved for the carpentry workshop?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Papaia: Oops! We forgot about that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Technician: So, you spent the whole day stuck in the elevator\u2026 pressing the wrong button? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Clerk: Why didn\u2019t you try pressing the other buttons?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banani: Oops! It was so simple. How did we not think of that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Igor: These brilliant minds\u2026 capable of solving the mysteries of mathematics, yet they get stuck in a fully functional elevator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u2026 What we\u2019ve just discovered is the theorem of \u2018Brain in Energy-Saving Mode\u2019! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Clerk\u2019s Uncle: Nephew, why don\u2019t you hire them as advisors? I see you\u2019re all on the same wavelength. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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. .They could help you come up with genius ideas\u2014like the one about having identical locks for all the room doors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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