[Nizzle]

You shouldn't copy your text literally from Wikipedia Yomi []

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

[Eric A. Taylor]

I was a vulcanologist who had a front row seat to this eruption. Unfortunately I never got to publish my findings as I died an instant after broadcasting "Vancouver, Vancouver! This is it!" via my radio. My body was never found. Who knows maybe I'll be fossilized!

[Don_1 (OP)]

A Vulcanologist eh?

Mr Spock!

[Eric A. Taylor]

I'd say good guess but it's not! Here's a further hint. I don't know if I died before or after Harry Truman. It doesn't matter because we surely died within seconds of each other.

[Don_1 (OP)]

I don't think you have quite grasped my meaning.

Vulcanologist - Mr Spock

Volcanologist - David Johnston. Died in the Mt. St. Helen's eruption of 1980.

OK, so it can be spelled either way, but I think since we have 'volcanos' and not 'vulcanos' it really ought to be spelled 'volcanologist'

Hmmm! Now should I have spelled 'spelled' or 'spelt'. Although 'spelled' is the accepted norm, it seems 'spelt' is also acceptable. Sorry, I'm waffling now.


Harry S Truman, incidentally, died in 1972.

[Bored chemist]

"I thought it was Fred Sanford who called the Queen and said: "Elizabeth, Elizabeth, this is the big one!"   "
Shouldn't that have been HRH Prince Philip?

[Eric A. Taylor]

Ok I just read this story. Here's a tough one, maybe.
I am an Astronomer who was married to a geologist who worked on the moon rocks in the 1970's. My husband brought home a tiny sample of moon dust for me, which I ate. Thus I'm likely the only astronomer in the world to have eaten part of the moon. To help you guess: I discovered one of the most famous comets of the 20th Century, along with my husband and our friend armature astronomer ________. I am still alive, but sadly my husband is not. The moon dust gift was VERY romantic. Bonus points if you can guess why I ate it.

[Don_1 (OP)]

Bonus points if you can guess why I ate it.

Some possibilities:-

You had indigestion and thought it might bring some tranquility to your upset stomach.
You are a gastronome who wanted a meal which was 'out of this world'.
You are an alcoholic and thought it was 'moonshine'.
You are just plain loony 'Lunar'.

[Eric A. Taylor]

no
no
no
no

[Eric A. Taylor]

If you read the book then you'd know that people thought exposure to moonlight would help get you pregnant. Shoemaker was her last name.

[Don_1 (OP)]

What a load of cobblers.