joke time

[ignoramus]

In response to the invitation for a rather unusual reunion of all time greats.......

\* Newton said he'd drop in.
\* Socrates said he'd think about it.
\* Ohm resisted the idea.
\* Boyle said he was under too much pressure.
\* Darwin said he'd wait to see what evolved.
\* Pierre and Marie Curie radiated enthusiasm.
\* Volta was electrified at the prospect.
\* Pavlov positively drooled at the thought.
\* Ampere was worried he wasn't current enough though alternately none were.
\* Audubon said he'd have to wing it.
\* Edison thought it would be illuminating.
\* Einstein said it would be relatively easy to attend.
\* Archimedes was buoyant at the thought.
\* Dr Jekyll declined - he said he hadn't been feeling himself lately.
\* Morse said, "I'll be there on the dot. Can't stop now, must dash."
\* Gauss was asked to attend because of his magnetism.
\* Hertz said he planned to attend with greater frequency in the future.
\* Watt thought it would be a good way to let off steam.
\* Wilbur Wright accepted, provided he and Orville could get a flight.
\* And Dr. Sigmund Freud couldn't help but give it the slip!

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Darwin won these awards. He won The Royal Medal (1853), The Wallaston Medal (1859), The Copley Medal (1864).
Some of his Christian rivals insist he was naturally selected to win these.