Tycho Brahe must have died a horrible death

[Zuni]

Tycho Brahe:

An important Danish astronomer of the 16th century. His ground breaking research allowed Sir Isaac Newton to come up with the theory of gravity.

How he died: Didn't get to the bathroom in time

In the 16th century, it was considered an insult to leave a banquet table before the meal was over. Brahe, known to drink excessively, had a bladder condition -- but failed to relieve himself before the banquet started. He made matters worse by drinking too much at dinner, and was too polite to ask to be excused. His bladder finally burst, killing him slowly and painfully over the next 11 days.

[Spinzonner]

1. Probably Pissed Off his host

or maybe On.

[JohnKleeb]

2. oh man thats a terrible way to die

[Zuni]

3. How could someone force themselves to do that?

[JohnKleeb]

4. don't know dude

[MrSlayer]

5. That's crazy.

Couldn't he grab an empty goblet or bottle and piss under the table? This is like Miss Manners on acid.

[Radical Activist]

6. So the next time someone tells you it never hurts to have good manners...

tell this story.

[MrSlayer]

7. Interesting, he also lost half his nose in a duel.

http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/1995/lectures/tychob.html

One unfortunate incident during his stay in Germany suggests that Tycho inherited his father's rather hot-headed ways. Tycho lost his temper in a quarrel with another student over who was the better mathematician, this led to a duel in which part of Tycho's nose was cut off. The lost piece was replaced by a gold and silver alloy, and Tycho always carried around with him a snuffbox containing some "ointment or glutinous composition" which he frequently rubbed on his nose, possibly to keep it stuck on.

[JohnKleeb]

8. damn

[MrSlayer]

9. Yeah, geeks with knives and a sense of honor.

A scary proposition. Can you imagine dueling someone because they said they could do math better than you? Engineers with six-guns at ten paces in the aisle between cubicle 4 and 5 would be today's equivalent.

[Zuni]

10. for a genius

he certainly lacked a lot in the common sense department