Falling Down Drunk

[Hamaki]

Was having a conversation with my son about nose damage and/or loss and Tycho Brahe logically came to mind but I couldn't remember the details surrounding his disfigurement.

According to Wikipedia he and his third cousin had a heated dispute over the "legitimacy of a mathematical formula" that ended up in a duel and the loss of Tycho's nose. He wore a metal nose thereafter, possibly several different prostheses depending on the occasion.

Further reading revealed that Tycho had a tame elk. When Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel inquired about acquiring the animal, Tycho replied with the sad news that the elk had just died on a visit to entertain a nobleman at Landskrona. Apparently during dinner the elk had drunk a lot of beer, fallen down the stairs, and died.

 

[SnakeRidge]

He died because he would't get up from the table at a banquet to pee. He didn't want to be rude to his host who would't stop talking

 

[Hamaki]

He died because he would't get up from the table at a banquet to pee. He didn't want to be rude to his host who would't stop talking

Apparently his pet elk did not have a similar degree of self discipline.

 

[smurfjuice]

Elk should have Bucknutted ...