Mr. Salt: What is this, Wonka, some kind of funhouse?
Willy Wonka: Why? Having fun?

Dark matter makes up a large part of the universe. Humans being part of the universe must therefore be made up, at least in part, of dark matter. Well, the question then is how to test it. One should never make assumptions after all.  One thing that did seem logical was that dark matter being matter must take up space. In fact as you may know, dark matter tends to clump. So it seemed logical to me that if I sat by a campfire and slowly poured sand on various staff and participants at QajaqTC we could find out exactly what percentage of dark matter they contained. (Not to mention where it tended to “clump”.) In fact in my scientific testing I found one student to contain just over 30% dark matter. Well, at least her knee did.  It would have to, otherwise the sand would have built up over time and not, as it did in this case, roll off. Of course you need to repeat the experiment regularly so I’ve asked her husband to continue with the research. He seemed happy to oblige.

Now the problem with carrying out such scientific studies, especially in the company of strangers, is that people often think you’ve been consuming large quantities of alcohol. While that’s certainly possible, it’s much more likely that you have consumed a measured quantity of alcohol also and believe that famous quote that “A little non-sense now and then is relished by the wisest men”. Now of course days of stoicism with occasional bouts of lunacy does tend to make one, as my  new friend Dominique pointed out, somewhat hard to read. . . or possibly bi-polar. . .

What really amazes me however, is that it seems camp organizers may contain no dark matter what-so-ever. Truly something to marvel at. If I do say so myself!

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