Their accent appeared to be Irish, so I approached and asked, “Hello, are you three lassies from Ireland?”

One of them angrily screeched, “It’s Wales, Wales you bloody idiot!”

So I apologized and replied, “I am so sorry.  Are you three whales from Ireland?”

And that’s the last thing I remember…

I called an old school friend and asked what he was doing. He replied that he is working on “Aqua-thermal  treatment  of ceramics, aluminum and steel under a constrained environment”.

I was impressed……

Upon further inquiring, I learned that he was washing dishes with hot water – under his wife’s supervision.