Administratium!!

I have always maintained the fact that reading The Sunday Times is one of the best things I do in the entire week. It's so full of articles and editorials that you want to read each and every bit of it. One of the most interesting columns is the "Open Space" where people ask questions and then other people, who are not from the Times, reply via email or letters. So today, again on a typically sleepy, lazy and incredibly hot Vellore Sunday afternoon I was reading the Open Space column where I came across a very interesting question " What is Administratium?". Somebody answered it which I want to share with all of you…

It is a spoof on administration. Its official definition: Administratium is the heaviest element known to science and was recently discovered at a major US university. The element has no protons or electrons and thus, has the atomic number 0. However, it does have one neutron, 125 assistant neutrons, 75 vice-neutrons and 111 assistant vice-neutrons, which gives it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by a force that involves the continuous exchange of meson-like particles called morons. Since it has no electrons, administratium is inert. However, it can be detected chemically as it impedes every reaction it comes in contact with.

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