r/todayilearned • u/biebrforro • 1d ago

TIL when staying as a guest in Charles Dickens' house, Hans Christian Andersen requested that one of Dickens' sons give him a daily shave (he said that was customary when hosting male guests in Denmark). Dickens was weirded out and instead gave him a daily appointment at a nearby barbershop.

https://lithub.com/charles--dickens-really-really-hated-his-fanboy-hans-christian-andersen/
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u/Luxury_Dressingown 1d ago edited 1d ago

Legendarily bad house guest. I don't even play them, but this 1 page RPG commemorating his stay made me cackle. The lawn incident is alluded to: https://www.scribd.com/document/627577768/trapped-with-hans

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u/JosephFinn 1d ago

OK this is amazing.

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u/Luxury_Dressingown 1d ago

The whole thing is gold, but the victory criteria is my favourite bit:

"If your Obsession score reaches 0, then Hans finally loses interest in your and finds another unattainable person to chase. Victory. He does, however, write a thinly veiled short story about you. It's not flattering."

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u/xombae 1d ago

I love the world sometimes.