MISTER POO

Austrian 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was unbelievably wealthy and was the best-known brain of the early 20th Century, famous amongst intellectuals the world over. So why the mardy mug?

Well, old Ludo reckoned at first that the facts of science told us everything but, later on , realised he was just talking and it meant nothing, it was just words. Hence the miserable look on his face.

There again, the glum-ness could stem from the fact that an old school friend had become the brutal, Jew-murdering, master of Europe.

Perhaps its the fact that three of his four brothers committed suicide. Perhaps its the long list of Ludwig’s friends who also topped themselves.

Or perhaps his rejection of “facts” are the result of having just dropped a turd so big that he simply could no longer believe the evidence of his senses… a jobbie that broke the bowl?Maybe his face isn’t miserable - merely a little stunned and awe-struck?

Wittgenstein’s last words, despite suffering from cancer and enduring a life where everyone he knew killed themselves (and/or all the Jews in Europe)… Tell them I had a wonderful life.

So maybe it was that massive turd after all.

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