Tycho Brahe, murdering, and go to toilet
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 11:11 pm
Was Tycho Brahe murdered?
http://www.aolnews.com/2010/11/15/scien ... -murdered/
Brahe's death has long been attributed to a bladder infection contracted after his bladder ruptured during a royal banquet where politeness and convention kept him from leaving the royal table to use the bathroom.
“I don’t want to finish like Tycho Brahe"
In fact, “excuse-me, but I don’t want to finish like Tycho Brahe”, is the expression used on the Czech Republic every time that somebody apologizes to go to the toilet.
(from the Catalan newspaper “La Vanguardia”, Dec 5 2010)
http://www.aolnews.com/2010/11/15/scien ... -murdered/
Brahe's death has long been attributed to a bladder infection contracted after his bladder ruptured during a royal banquet where politeness and convention kept him from leaving the royal table to use the bathroom.
“I don’t want to finish like Tycho Brahe"
In fact, “excuse-me, but I don’t want to finish like Tycho Brahe”, is the expression used on the Czech Republic every time that somebody apologizes to go to the toilet.
(from the Catalan newspaper “La Vanguardia”, Dec 5 2010)
But I will try saying that sometime.