Rumbling in the mix with Staff Seargent Max Fightmaster and Commander Flex Plexico in Cracked’s list of the 9 Manliest Names is…wait for it…drumroll please…
Max Planck.
Yes, this Max Planck. Our Max Planck. The guy with the constant named after him. Quoth Cracked:
He’ll hit you right in the goddamn face with a length of wood in a way that makes your quantums explode.
How the article missed astronomer Blair Savage, I don’t know.
(h/t Andrew Sullivan)
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October 11th, 2007 at 1:11 am
I would personally rather be the personal gigolo to Scarlett Johansson than win the Nobel.
October 11th, 2007 at 11:11 am
I like this quote better:
“In science, getting something named after you is like getting the winning touchdown at the Super Bowl.”
That makes what we do sound so manly, doesn’t it?
October 11th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
No, Blair Savage is not the manly name, but given his Ph.D., he can be legitimately called Doc Savage. Now that is manly, whether you refer to the character in the original graphic pulp magazines or Phillip Jose Farmer’s more infamous adult novels.
btw: Max Planck would have made a great pirate.
October 11th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Blair? Manly? It’s about as masculine as Janet.
Although I’m sure it takes a hefty pair for a guy to pull it off.
October 11th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Don’t diss Blair Savage! I think the combination is rockin’. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
October 12th, 2007 at 12:02 am
True story: There used to be a desk in the main physics/astro lecture hall at Wisconsin on which was inscribed the following bit of pure poetry:
“Blair Randy Macho Man Motherf***ing Savage”
It still makes me crack up.
October 12th, 2007 at 1:02 am
#6 is right, but I’m pretty sure the desk wasn’t censored, unless my memory is failing.
October 12th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Then again, tenure at Fellowship University should be a requirement for all of the “atheist” science professors out there.
October 12th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
How did they miss NFL fullback Mack Strong?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Strong
October 17th, 2007 at 8:09 am
Hilarious! Thanks for the early-morning laugh
October 17th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Big shoutout to the G, with the h.