“So this particular man, Archimedes, pondering this problem...”

So this particular man, Archimedes, pondering this problem that he’d been given by the king gets in the bath, sees the water rise, and leaps out of the bath shouting...

Alan Davies

Eureka!

Stephen Fry

Exactly.

Sean Lock

I really thought you were gonna say ‘Arsenal!’ then, Alan.

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