on famous scientists and contact lenses

Today we were talking about liquids and solids in 8th grade science. Favorite Student, in answer to one of my many questions, made some ridiculous claim about solids not having a definite shape, and when I asked him how he knew that he told me that Ben Franklin told him. Then he was like..."no wait, it was Frankenstein, Frankenstein told me." When I still looked at him funny, he was like, "you know that scientist...Boy With Girl's Name, what's his name?" Boy With Girl's Name was like, "ummm, Einstein?"
"Yeah! That's him! Einstein told me."

That's almost as good as the time the school counselor asked a girl where she got the definition for a word and the girl claimed that she looked it up. Looked it up where? In my brain.

I'm also rather heated right now concerning the contact lenses I left at the hotel in New York last weekend. When I FINALLY was able to talk to the manager (housekeeping wouldn't answer their phone...when I finally talked to someone they told me they had my contacts but couldn't send them...), she told me she would send them. She asked how I wanted her to send them and I was like...ummm...well, I guess you'd need a padded envelope, do you want me to send one with postage? She was like, oh no, we can take care of that, it's just that some people prefer FedEx or First Class...I told her that regular post was fine. Apparently she had never sent anything in the mail before, nor does she have any clue how the US postal system works. She sent my contacts in a standard envelope. I recieved a wrinkled torn envelope in a plastic bag with a note of apology from the postal service. She is going to get a piece of my mind tomorrow. At least I have vision insurance. I guess I'll be going to the eye doctor this week.