What Could Possibly Go Wrong (1840s Edition)

Wow.

Also, look at the follow-up tweet in response.

(What could possibly go wrong? 1840s edition)

Alas, I have no idea how this romantic gesture worked out for him. (Oxford Chronicle 1841, via @_newspapers) pic.twitter.com/neklN6DmhH

— Undine (@HorribleSanity) March 3, 2019

(Tip of the cap to Sydney Padua.)

Quote of the Day

I just finished reading an article by Gerald Folland about communication between mathematicians and others, and he mentioned (and hence reminded me of) the following wonderful quote:

Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language, and forthwith it is something entirely different. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)