TTP | The Physicist & His Fanny Tickler
Moustachioed Men -
November 6th, 2009
Each Friday during Movember, we are featuring some of our moustachioed heroes who have either inspired us, entertained us, or hammered hella hoohah. Today’s fur-lipped lothario, Albert Einstein, did all three. With his iconic wild hair and thick chevron moustache, Al had a style all his own. Regarded as the most significant scientist in the modern age, the Nobel winning physicist was known almost as much for his infidelity as for his theory of relativity. On top of that, Marilyn Monroe once said she wanted him to father her children. Al, for a guy that spent so much time thinking outside the box, we can think of one you should have spent some time in.
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Number of US patents that Einstein got in his lifetime. His works produced numerous theories, but in terms of actual inventions, the Einstein refrigerator and a "light intensity self-adjusting camera" were his only patents. The refrigerator was licensed to various companies, including Electrolux. Relativity or cold beer? We’ll take Al’s fridge every time. |
You sit on a hot stove for two minutes, and it feels like two hours; you sit with a pretty girl for two hours, and it seems like two minutes. That is relativity.
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Albert Einstein
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atomosophobia
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noun. 1. Fear of atomic explosions. 2. What Einstein communicated in his letter to Roosevelt.
Seems reasonable enough.
After his death in 1955, Einstein’s brain was removed—without his family’s permission—by pathologist Thomas Stoltz Harvey, who then sliced the brain into sections, preserved it in a jar, and sent it out to scientists all over the world for study. Harvey kept the jar and even road-tripped across the country with it in the early ’90s before giving it back to Princeton University.
Einstein’s Laws (actual rules he set down for his wife)
| We Can Stay Married Provided That: |
| 1. My clothes and laundry are kept in good order; |
| 2. I will receive my three meals regularly in my room; |
| 3. My bedroom and study are kept neat, and especially that my desk is left for my use only; |
| 4. You will stop talking to me if I request it. |
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Like Einstein, pursue intellectual growth (read TTP) and engage in follicle cultivation above your top lip (it’s Movember!). But, if you ain’t growing a ‘stache, donate some cash! Please consider dropping $5 down to help fight prostate and testicular cancer. Click here to help out. |
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