TB: “And they say that radium was "discovered" by Marie Curie and her husband, Pierre, on December 21, 1898. Lie!! They sold it 100 years ago as sugar and provided FREE ENERGY, whereas today we pay millions for heating.”
Other Person: “But, 100 years ago would be 1925. Nearly three decades AFTER the Curies discovered it in 1898!”
TB (impatient condescension): “When I say ‘100 years ago’, I don’t literally mean a century ago! If I mean that, I say ‘a century ago’!! ‘100 years ago’, from me, means "Way, way, way back in the past!" Just like if extraterrestrials turned up, I would call them ‘Martians’ even if they came from somewhere other than the planet we call Mars!!!”