A few years ago I had the privilege of seeing Gene Wolfe speak, in a modest-size room at DragonCon. He said that as part of his Pringles work he and a lab part

A few years ago I had the privilege of seeing Gene Wolfe speak, in a modest-size room at DragonCon. He said that as part of his Pringles work he and a lab partner were doing some kind of experimentation that involved a lot of steam and humidity. I forget why. Their lab was a fairly small temporary enclosure, in the middle of a big space. Gene dealt with the vapor by wearing a lab coat. His partner, muscular and six feet seven inches tall, just wore shorts. The company liked to take tour groups through the area. One day, Gene opened the door and a tour group stopped and stared. He realized how they looked: him in a white lab coat, an apparently-naked giant behind him, steam clouds billowing out. So he said "Not now Igor, there are people here," and closed the door.