Saturday 4 April 2015

Dr Bruce Banner . . . . The A to Z of Slightly Strange Unknown Victorian Inventors and Explorers



Dr Bruce Banner 

Dr Bruce Banner was a noted explorer and a keen caver. And when he discovered the vast array of caves on (or under) Greenland decided that he would not only attempt to map the complex of caves but to go deeper underground than anyone had ever been before. In order to avoid the toxic gasses that originate from the many volcanoes, Dr Bruce Banner invented a sophisticated gas detection device which he simply called the Dr Banner Detector.  A simple hand held device that had a bulb which would flash with greater intensity as the gases increased in density.

The problem was, that Dr Bruce Banner had a terrible temper and would emerge from the caves covered in sulphur making him a yellowy green, his clothing ripped and his hair a wild mess, screaming and shouting at his assistants. Then on his attempt to go deeper than anyone else had before, one of the teams Banner Detectors failed and the team decided to return to the surface. However Dr Banner refused to go back and had a huge argument with the support team. When they were asked afterwards why Dr Bruce Banner carried on they said he had a terrible temper and refused to accept defeat and got into an incredible sulk when we said it was unsafe to continue. So he just headed into the depths on his own never to be seen again.


Only a handful of the Banner Detectors were ever made and the last one is in the Icelandic Museum of Mummified Whalers and Fishermen where they also have one of Dr Bruce Banner’s ripped and tattered shirts on display. 

18 comments:

  1. Never seen again? Maybe he should've also carried a gas mask. Or would this have been before their invention?

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    1. Ah well as it happens they were too hasty to write the man off and as the Alphabet progresses there may well be sightings and rumour of a strange glowing green man in a ripped shirt with mad hair . . . . .

      OOOOOooooo it means folk will need to keep returning because starting next week there will be links and it will no longer just be a short story about a strange man each day.

      Oooooooooooo No its going to get exciting and starting with Monday we will see two tragic deaths, the result of one of our already mentioned Inventors. Who can afford to miss that. I mean where else in this A to Z will that happen NO WHERE that's where and which of our inventors has caused such a tragedy. So tune in and be amazed really seriously amazed . . . . I know I will and I know what happens.

      GOSH

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  2. Too bad about his temper! He seemed like a brilliant man.

    betty

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    1. He was a brilliant man, mainly a brilliant green colour.

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  3. I need one of those Danister Detectors for when I enter the Lil man's room.

    Ripped shirt, terrible temper, green and an Incredible Sulk...why does this all sound terribly familiar?

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    1. You are an observant person Miss Lily. And he will be back soon to do what he does which is shout at folk a lot and glow green a bit.

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  4. Are you saying he encountered gamma rays? Danister Detectors sound like a great name for an invention.

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    1. No he was just covered in sulphur and was a grumpy bloke. A bit like me although I am not covered in Sulphur.

      Thinking of inventions is the hard part of this A to Z.

      Thanks for the return it is nice when folk dont runaway screaming :)

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    2. You now have me curious to understand what the distribution pattern is for Sulphur throughout the human body. It would probably be highly dependent where the 2 amino acids cysteine and methionine get incorporated into proteins. Every cell in the human body has sulphur in it, and hair and skin cells are rich in cysteine.

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  5. I would eXpect a Danister Detector to find Danisters, or at least find Danish chefs stirring, preferably in their køkkener.

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    1. The Danister Detector certainly will not find the Swedish Chef . . . . .

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    2. It would need an eXtra button or dial and underlying circuitry. For a test pattern I found an official eXample of Swedish Chef speak from the IMDb website: Gersh gurndy morn-dee burn-dee, burn-dee, flip-flip-flip-flip-flip-flip-flip-flip-flip.

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    3. I can see there may be a need to make a Flip Chart . . . . . . HAH AH ahah ahah ahahah ah ah aha hahaha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha h a

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    4. (Agree) hahahahahHHHHGha

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  6. Ha! Your blog is so much fun! Thank you for a quirky bit of info this evening! 😊

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    1. As long as you never believe a word I write. . . . Well none of it except the bits that are true.

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  7. Here I am... a little late (been very busy, but now catching up with this A2Z business) and I can't believe that nobody has used the following pun yet - so here goes!

    ...ahem...

    Really loving your A to Z Rob. SULPHUR it has been brilliant! hahahahahahahhaaha- geddit?!?! SULPHUR.. hahaha.

    Off to read the next part, where I am sure to come up with another genius pun of my own design.

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    1. Sulphur . . . . . I never thought of that DAMN. I think I was too busy thinking of inventions and trying to come up with interesting little stories plus draw pics.

      Good to see you back in the loop Mr H

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