# Leading Viagra Scientist Dead at 92 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2009, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448 "2009-05-24T07:18:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/1 "2009-05-24T07:18:13Z")
[Robert Furchgott](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8065352.stm). RIP. (Insert “stiff” joke here.) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/2 "2009-05-24T09:18:29Z")
It must be really hard for his family right now. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/3 "2009-05-24T09:54:42Z")
I hope someone erects a monument for this man’s contribution to science. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/4 "2009-05-24T10:53:05Z")
_De mortuis nil nisi boner_. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/5 "2009-05-24T11:20:09Z")
My sympathy to the bereaved family. As we say here in England, keep your pecker up. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/6 "2009-05-24T11:55:46Z")
He’s gonna be stiff for more than 4 hours. Someone should call a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/7 "2009-05-24T12:01:48Z")
I wonder what kind of wood his coffin will be made of? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/8 "2009-05-24T12:45:23Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I wonder what kind of wood his coffin will be made of? Mourning wood. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/9 "2009-05-24T12:57:16Z")
Over in the Deathpool, he is good for eight [del]inches[/del] _points_ ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/10 "2009-05-24T13:48:51Z")
^ You guys are disgraceful. A man has died, his family is in shock and all you come up with are penis jokes. At a time when the entire family and his friends must be feeling\*\* a little blue\*\*…ooopps ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/11 "2009-05-24T13:53:49Z")
I’m sorry I’m not more sensitive; I’ve just become very hardened over the years. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/12 "2009-05-24T13:58:24Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I’m sorry I’m not more sensitive; I’ve just become very hardened over the years. Unlike some guys. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/13 "2009-05-24T14:02:29Z")
Did Smilin’ Bob give the Eulogy? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/14 "2009-05-24T14:33:00Z")
Apparently he is going to be buried next to [John Dillinger.](http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/crime/history/dillinger_john/dillinger_morgue.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/15 "2009-05-24T14:43:22Z")
Don’t worry. He’ll rise again. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/16 "2009-05-24T15:23:48Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Mourning wood. Winner! ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/17 "2009-05-24T16:20:44Z")
I hope they’ll be able to close the coffin. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/18 "2009-05-24T17:08:10Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I hope they’ll be able to close the coffin. Don’t worry, I sure some solution will **rise up** ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/19 "2009-05-24T17:08:26Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > Winner! That gets my vote too. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448/20 "2009-05-24T18:20:02Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Mourning wood. Nice one. 🙂 However, just how well would this wood stand peckers? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leading-viagra-scientist-dead-at-92/497448.md?page=2)