Reply #9: Gotta post this again, for the world's 2.5 people who haven't seen it...

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Even Einstein had doubts, and so Schrodinger tried
To tell him what quantum mechanics implied.
Said Win to Al, "Brother, suppose we've a cat,
And inside a tube we have put that cat at...

Statistically speaking, the cat (goes the joke)
Is half a cat breathing and half a cat croaked.
To some this may seem a ridiculous split,
But quantum mechanics must answer "Tough shit."

Read the whole thing here - http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/113/the-story-of-schroedingers-cat-an-epic-poem