Aliens abduct three people: a politician, an athlete, and a postal worker. They bring the abductees aboard their spaceship, put each one in a small empty room, completely sealed, and give each one of them two small balls made of solid titanium.

“You have twenty-four hours,” the aliens tell the trio. “After that, whoever impresses us most using these balls will be set free.”

The next day the aliens visit the prisoners to see who was the most impressive. They then meet up with some other aliens in the spaceship’s food hall.

“So, the first guy, the athlete, was juggling the balls, throwing and catching them, and didn’t drop a ball once. It was rather impressive.”

“Was he the winner?” asked one of the aliens.

“No, next we went to see the politician. He was showing us magic tricks, making the balls vanish and appear in a different place. We found it very entertaining.”

“So, the politician got to go home then?”

“No, the one who impressed us most was the third guy, the postal worker. He managed to break one ball and lose the other one.”

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