Fred and Rita are in the library. Fred is reading a science magazine.
Fred: How many bones do you think there are there in the human body?
Rita: Not looking up from her text book. Fred, I haven't got time for this. I’m working.
Fred: Come on! Have a guess.
Rita: I don’t know. She thinks for a moment. Are you including ribs?
Fred: Consults his magazine. It doesn’t say about ribs. They’ve just put the number of bones for babies and adults.
Rita: You mean it’s a different number?
Fred: Very different. So how many bones are there in a baby?
Rita: I have no idea. 50?
Fred: Try six times that.
Rita: 300? No! Wow!
Fred: And in an adult?
Rita: It has to be more. 350?
Fred: Wrong again. 206.
Rita You mean adults have fewer bones than children?
Fred: That’s what it says here. And what do you think is the strongest human bone?
Rita: Fred, I’ve got to work!
Fred: Last question. Go on, have another guess.
Rita: I suppose the spine is the most important.
Fred: Is that your answer?
Rita: Yes, the spine. Or is it the hip?
Fred: Two answers and both wrong. It’s the thigh bone!
Rita: Really?
Fred: Yeah, it says it here. The thigh bone is stronger than concrete.
Rita: But that can't be true -
Fred: Closes his magazine and takes out his iPod. Sorry, I haven’t got time to chat. I must get on with my work.
