The classic story goes that Alfred Nobel, after inventing dynamite and then blowing up one of his brothers with it, realized the error of his ways and so decided to reward peaceful scientific and diplomatic endeavors, eventually leading to the Nobel Prizes. There are others who posit he did it to impress a girl…
– Count Dolby von Luckner
Catching up With Gilbert:
Bureaucratic Upbraiding
How Do Statues Always Know The Right Thing to Say?
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The Chapeau… stolen!! Frederick’s fate now lies entirely in the hands of Isaac Newton, but what WILL Newton do? We sense there’s something in the wind, that feels like tragedy is at hand… Catch a whiff over at Episode 190: Confidence and Ignorance!!
– Geoff and The Count
Man, what is Newton up to? I keep trying to pry it out of Geoff, but he won’t tell me… just taps the ends of his fingers together and chortles, “Oh, you’ll see when you draw it… YOU’LL… SEE…” and then goes off on a tirade about the Sudetenland for fifteen minutes…
– Count Dolby von Luckner
This episode was a fun one to write. I always enjoy it when the traits that normally encumber our characters actually work to their advantage for a change.
–Geoff