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Academy) Wow...This Galileo guy was a busy fellow!
Galileo: Yes, in fact, I
perfected the Telescope, invented the thermometer, discovered different
moons and starts, experimented with gravity, and expanded
Da Vinci's studies on necessary Laws of Nature, just to name a few.
Vespucci: Well, at least I have
a continent named after me! Because I was one of the first people to travel
to the New World, they named it after me-- The Americas.
Galileo: Do you really want
to claim that discovery? All you discovered was a bunch of naked
people that ate each other.
Vespucci: That's true to
some extent. Yes, the inhabitants were more liberal than the
Europeans. So what if they chose not to wear clothes? It was hot
and they wanted a nice tan. And as for eating each other-- it tastes just
like chicken.
Galileo: Well, well, eh, I
have four moons named after me.
Vespucci: At least I
wasn't the fool that got imprisoned for what I said.