Now here's a funny thing. Hawking was "too ill" to attend a symposium to celebrate his 70th birthday so a recorded message was played instead. Does anyone else see a slight edge of irony in this?
Also the host was Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz. That's easy for him to say!
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beau-jolly
offlineMemberPosted 1 year ago # -
beau-jolly
offlineMemberFew people survive MND for 49 years. There is good chance he has been dead for at least 40 years. We have the technology to keep just the brain alive, I know because I have seen a dalek.
Posted 1 year ago # -
waylandsmithy
offlineMemberWhen they say 'not well', do they mean his wheelchair broke down?
Posted 1 year ago # -
Quaz
offlineMemberYou've got the start of a sub there Al. "Stephen Hawking not ill, just very drunk". He's being doing a bottle of Vodka, Single Malt, and pints of Old Perculier every day since the 1960s so it's no wonder he lost the power of speech and needs to get around in a wheelchair. How do you think he came up with "A brief History of Time"? It's exactly the sort of thing that pops into your head after a tiring day in a Cambridge pub. "No, right, I reckon that black holes won't just suck up everything in the universe, otherwise they'd have a straw. Noooo, what they do is evaporate, like this single malt here did. Barman? Another brace of Arblour please!"
In fact, you could tie it in with todays "2 days off the booze" pronouncement.
Posted 1 year ago # -
shitsu_tonka
offlineMemberWorst thing about the Prof is the speed with which he drives. He floors it in that chair and tears around Cambridge with his P.A jogging alongside. And you have to get out of his way, he does not get out of yours.
In my day it was an essential undergrad experience to get your ankles clipped by a wheelchair driven by that nutter. Hugely clever man, but nutter all the same.
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