2. Holding It In
According to legend, in 1410 Danish Astronomer Tycho Brahe considered leaving the table during a banquet to visit the little astronomer's room to be such bad etiquette that at one function he simply held it in until he became physically ill. He later died as a result of complications from his strained bladder. I don't know what constitutes
worse manners - peeing during dinner, or dying as a result of not peeing during dinner. You'll have to decide that one for yourself. Despite the fact that this is only
one of the theories surrounding Brahe's mysterious death, I'd have to conclude that if it
is true, it's one of the dumbest and most blindly traditional causes of death I might have ever clapped eyes on. If it were me, I'd have peed
on the table before I let my urge to go carry me off to the River Styx, regardless of who was in attendance.