Dr. Trifle
Doctor Edison Einstein Trifle is a fictional character in the book series Selby. Dr. Trifle is an inventor. His nickname is Blinky, which is used in several stories. He is 1435 "Ups" (a unit of measure he invented) tall and weighs 34 "Grobs" (another unit of measure he invented).
Dr. Trifle was born in Bogusville to the absent-minded inventors of "The Bouncing Shoe." When Trifle was only one year old, his mother was teaching him the alphabet. When she got up to C, young Trifle said, "A + B = C" (A play on the Pythagoras Theorem ). According to Selby's Selection, "this mathematical equation is one of the most important ones ever discovered and had been used ever since". Dr. Trifle is a genius but has problems tying his shoelace so he invented a shoelace-tying machine. When he was using this machine in a supermarket, a woman (Mrs. Trifle) bumped into him and they fell in love instantly.
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Famous quotes containing the word trifle:
“Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)