"They Laughed at Me in Vienna, and again in Prague, and then in Belfast, and don't Forget Hanoi! But I'll Show Them! I'll Show Them All, I Tell You!" Plus "Requisitions"

In the short story "They Laughed at Me in Vienna (etc.)," mad scientist Clive Crawley gives a series of presentations at scientific conferences, only to see his colleagues scoff at what they do not understand. Then, in the short-short "Requisitions," the fate of an interstellar oolong is reflected in its requests for supplies and equipment.