Ah, I got him mixed up with his student, Kepler, over that one.
Apparently, his bladder ruptured at a banquet with the Holy Roman Emporer - you weren't allowed to leave the table before he did, y'see.
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Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 6 Sep 2009, 22:49,
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The thing I don't understand is :
surely you would piss yourself before your bladder ruptured?
I know I would, however hard I tried.
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Shlvng,
Sun 6 Sep 2009, 23:09,
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