REPLYING TO AN INVITATION TO A SCIENTIST'S BALL
>>Ampere was worried he wasn't current.
>>Audubon said he'd have to wing it.
>>Boyle said he was under too much pressure.
>>Darwin waited to see what evolved.
>>Descartes said he'd think about it.
>>Dr Jekyll declined-he hadn't been feeling himself lately.
>>Edison thought it would be illuminating.
>>Einstein thought it would be relatively easy to attend.
>>Gauss was asked to attend because of his magnetic personality.
>>Hawking tried to string enough time together to make space in his
>>schedule.
>>Heisenberg was uncertain that he could make it.
>>Hertz said in the future he planned to attend with greater frequency.
>>Mendel said he'd put some things together and see what came out.
>>Morse's reply:  "I'll be there on the dot.  Can't stop now, must dash."
>>Newton planned to drop in.
>>Ohm resisted the idea.
>>Pavlov was drooling at the thought.
>>Pierre and Marie Curie were radiating enthusiasm.
>>Schrodinger had to take his cat to the vet, or did he?
>>Stephenson thought the whole idea was loco.
>>Volta was electrified, and Archimedes buoyant at the thought.
>>Watt reckoned it would be a good way to let off steam.
>>Wilbur Wright accepted, provided he and Orville could get a flight.