The person asks me "So, weird man, what is YOUR profession?". Honest, as I am, I give the true answer "I am a mathematician!". I am not really sure what happens at that very moment, but the face of the person I am talking to, looks like a strange metamorphis is taking place that transforms me to a stupid, clumsy alien. Sometimes I can make a little joke to get out of this embarassing situation. For instance I say that I can I eat my meal using knife and fork. To give a proof I eat within minutes all the food available at the party. As a consequence I get no invitations to parties anymore. That is very sad!

As I am optimistic until the bitter end, I had the idea that some people have prejudices against mathematicians, as they have no idea what mathematicians really do, or what mathematics is. Once I had made a short, understandable description of mathematics on the margin of page, but unfortunately I have lost the book somewhere. Well, so I will give you some examples...

Strange things happen with mathematicians at parties