A tribute to Raymond Smullyan's 95th birthday (May 25).

According to a story, Smullyan made the following proposal on his first date to the woman who would eventually become his wife.

I will make a statement. If the statement is true, you give me your autograph. If the statement is false, you don’t give me your autograph.

After she agreed to this, he made the following statement:

You will give me neither your autograph nor a kiss.

Edit: At about 6 minutes in, Smullyan gives this story during his film For Martin Gardner and Friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDdx9N-Nxlc

No doubt many L19 members are fans of Raymond Smullyan's logic books. As much as I enjoy them, his This Book Needs No Title is my favorite and the book I give away most often. In particular, his included essay Planet Without Laughter (http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/smullyan.html) is the closest I have ever come to enlightenment.

Desperate math grad: Hi there!
Cute girl: hi

Desperate math grad puts on sunglasses
Desperate math grad: Will the answer to this question be the same as the answer to the question "Will you have sex with me?" ?

Cute girl: no! I mean.. yes.. I mean..

Cute girl slaps the desperate math grad and walks away.

End scene 1.