This is probably not a true story but is funny nevertheless. The 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Chandrasekar Venkatraman for his discovery named after him called the Raman Effect. The Raman Effect explains the phenomenon behind the scattering of light in general and more specifically in liquids.
At the Nobel ceremony, it is customary to drink a toast to the Prize Winner. As the toast was made, everybody including Raman lifted their glasses and Raman put his glass down and did not drink while everyone else did. Raman was teetotaller.
When the people asked him why he did not drink, he apparently quipped. "Ladies and Gentlemen, yesterday I explained to you the Raman Effect on alcohol, I don't want you to witness the alcohol effect on Raman".
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