He goes to the kitchen. "What are you doing?"
She says, "I'm trying to do this jigsaw puzzle."
"What's it supposed to be?" he asks.
She picks up the box. "A Rooster."
"Honey," he says. "Let's put the cornflakes back in the box....."
Caroline Lucretia HerschelBorn 16 Mar 1750; died 9 Jan 1848 at age 97. German-born British astronomer, sister of Sir William Herschel, who assisted in his astronomical researches making calculations associated with his studies. In her own telescope observations, she found three nebulae (1783) and eight comets (1786-97). In 1787, King George III gave Caroline a salary of 50 pounds per year as assistant to William. She published the Index to Flamsteed's Observations of the Fixed Stars and a list of his mistakes in 1797. At the age of 10 she had been struck with typhus, which subsequently stunted her growth. She never grew taller than 4' 3" and remained frail throughout her life. |
