Friday, August 12, 2016

The noselessness of man

Not many people know that Tycho Brahe had a range of prosthetic noses, including an ornate Cloisonné replacement with built-in salt-and-pepper shakers that he used at formal dinners, and another which dripped saline solution, which he wore when he had a cold.
Will I be a better person if I think that Tycho Brahe had among his prosthetics a plain, non-reflective working nose, a gold party nose, and a plainer silver nose which he wore for occasion where he didn't wish to upstage any royalty? His Fabergé nose with the tiny erotic scene inside, a present from his mistress? The bulletproof one, made from solid wolfram?

Now I want a Scandi-Crime series set in the Renaissance, in which Tycho Brahe and Kepler solve crimes through a combination of intuitive brilliance and backroom laboratory analysis, aided by prosthetic-nose concealed gadgetry and Brahe's beer-drinking scene-stealing pet elk.
In Season 2 the action shifts from Uraniborg to Prague, because of Rudolf II and Dr Dee. Also to save money filming in Czechia.

7 comments:

  1. I have a platinum rectum that I wear for festive occasions. For family parties, I have one fitted with a noisemaker....

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  2. A new poll for the readers: Would you prefer to learn more about (1) ZRM's range of prosthetic rectums, or (2) my own prosthetic right testicle?

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  3. Make this series happen, old chum, you've got that Danish thing going on.

    Working title: Dansk Macabre...

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  4. This is Uraniborg. Prepare to be assimilated.

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  5. You should know that the Tycho Brahe museum on Ven sells silver replicas of his prosthetic nose. 'They are not a big seller', confessed the too-candid shop assistant.

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  6. the Tycho Brahe museum on Ven sells silver replicas of his prosthetic nose.

    It makes me so happy to learn that.

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