Quantum Coffee

[donutsweeper]

Title:  Quantum Coffee
Pairing/Warning/Rating: none, rated G
Word Count: 100
Summary: Jack and Tosh discuss the act of making coffee
Author's Note: Sequel to Schrödinger's Coffee.  Learn about the observer effect here.  Thanks to smithy161 and phoenix64 for fixing the quantum nature of Jack's problem.

“Tosh, do you know if Ianto’s done making the coffee yet?”

“Why don’t you go and see for yourself, Jack?”

“No, I can’t do that.”

“Why not?”

“He might make it differently if I was there.”

“Why would he do that?”

“I don’t know if he would, but my being there might affect his coffee-making ability.   And I won’t take that chance.”

“So, we’re talking quantum theory again. The Observer Effect of coffee making; the mere act of observing alters the reality being observed.”

“When the act is Ianto making coffee, I certainly don’t want to risk him altering it!”

Comments

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

We can either know whether Ianto is making coffee, or what speed he is travelling at, but never both at once?

Awesome, as always. And I swear coffee isn't a complex arrangement of compounds. It's a fundamental particle. It is in fact the elusive graviton, and the universe revolves around it.

*Publishes essay*

(Comment edited because I just remembered I have this icon)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

OMG Icon love!!!!

and, the universe should revolve around coffee, don't you think?

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

It should!

...This icon makes me want to read The Fifth Elephant again.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

that book can not be read enough times, in my opinion

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Nope. The universe already revolves around chocolate. Well, mine does anyway. I suppose there could be an AU that revolves around coffee.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oooh, or combine the two and have mocha.....

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

And I swear coffee isn't a complex arrangement of compounds. It's a fundamental particle. It is in fact the elusive graviton, and the universe revolves around it.

MARRY ME.

I thought about dragging out an older icon I used: "Heisenberg Was Here. Maybe." But at this point I didn't want to further confuse anyone.

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

Hee! When I get suitably drunk, I tell the old 'Heisenberg was speeding down the M6' joke. No one ever gets it. Usually because I am drunk when telling it, and I can make a shopping list sound overly complicated when I've had a few.