[joke] The greatest scientists of all time invited to a conference

[NikChillin]

* 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.

 

* Audobon 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!

[6Foot2]

* Erwin Schrödinger said that he would and would not attend.

 

* Charles Coulomb wanted to know what the charge was

Edited August 1, 2014 by 6Foot2
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[synaesthesia]

Always annoys me when Edison gets mentioned in this sort of thing (serious or otherwise) but Tesla doesn't :|

[laserblazer]

Tesla said he would have gone but nobody remembered to invite him.

[AMLinington]

Tesla promised he'd arrive directly.

[unixman_again]

Wolfgang Pauli would like to have gone but he was excluded. Edited August 1, 2014 by unixman_again
removed joke cus can't strike through

[madurham]

* Heisenburg wasn't sure when he'd arrive as he'd looked at his GPS

[6Foot2]

* Werner Heisenberg could not attend because was uncertain about where he was and how much momentum he had.

 

Edit: Beaten to it on Heisenberg.

[madurham]

* Turing is thought to have RSVP'd but it could have been a convincing AI

[NikChillin]

Heh heh, good ones.

[laserblazer]

Torricelli's wife said he couldn't go until he'd done the vacuuming.