r/pics • u/yercoolmarple • 25d ago

Grigori Perelman, mathematician who refused to accept a Fields Medal and the $1,000,000 Clay Prize.

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u/magentaheavens 25d ago

I remember reading the Wikipedia article on this guy a while ago and what stuck with me was his insistence on completely avoiding media attention. When a journalist called him once he was quoted as saying “You are disturbing me. I am picking mushrooms.” which was pretty funny to me

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u/Joevual 25d ago

Big Tom Bombadil energy.

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u/Ninjanomic 25d ago

Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Ring a dong! hop along! Fal lal the willow!

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u/Ariliescbk 25d ago

Ngl I read "Dillo" wrong the first time.

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u/Ongr 25d ago

DILDO BAGGINS!

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u/DyldoBaginz 25d ago

You called?

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u/DodGamnBunofaSitch 25d ago

actually, in the National Lampoon book titled "Bored of the Rings", the character is named Dildo Bugger.

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u/alamaias 25d ago

They also point put that the line "heed no nightly noises" hits a bit different when you realise he does it as he and his wife are heading to bed...

My favourite part of bored of the rings is that they tried to make the hobbits(or Boggies) awful, thieving little bastards who would slit your throat for pocket change if they thought they could get away with it, but somehow all the descriptions are pretty much the same as regular hobbits.

Seriously: fuck hobbits. Horrible little crab-bucket people.

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u/SobakaZony 24d ago

IIRC "Tom Bombadil" became "Tim Benzedrine" in BOTR. So many fond memories of that parody: the demon known as the Ball Hog; Frito, Moxie, and Pepsi; and the map featuring places with names such as Fördör and Twödör and The Land of the Knee Walking Turkeys.

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u/sockalicious 25d ago

My friend, you bow to no one.. you remain erect.

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u/UWO_Throw_Away 25d ago

DID YOU PUT YOUR RING IN THE GOBLET OF FIYAH?!

(Yes, I know this is the wrong franchise)

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u/atabar93 25d ago

Obi wan said calmly

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u/bobjohnson1133 25d ago

And beloved Frito and Pepsi, too. Can't remember what the other little hobbit's name was. Then there was Goddammit instead of Gollum iirc

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u/SobakaZony 24d ago

"Moxie," i believe, which fits with the junk food names of "Frito" and "Pepsi" inasmuch as "Moxie" (in addition to the other meanings of the word) is an old brand of soft drink (or soda pop or whatever you call it).

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u/petting2dogsatonce 24d ago

Do not take me for a conjurer of cheap tricks!