Theos-Talk Archives (May 2004 Message tt00255)

Seems to me that a somewhat relevant 
consideration might be the size of that 
"one stein" at the Beer Gardens, 
especially as Einstein was into 
relativity. I don't know, but if he had 
a reputation for downing big steinfulls 
at each visit ... and if he then went on 
to formulate the theory of relativity, 
just afterwards ... ^:-/ ... Does 
anybody know?

Speculatively,
Mauri

stevestubbs wrote:
> We have all these Einstein experts here so I would like to get some 
> feednack on a story I heard years ago. I don't remember but think I 
> heard this on a television show. Anyway, they said Einstein was a 
> nickname which he got because he was not much of a drinking man. 
> He'd go to the Beer Gardens in Bavaria and after one stein he'd be 
> done for the evening. One Stein in German is Ein Stein, so everyone 
> started calling him Einstein. If he'd had three beers instead of 
> just one they would have called him Drei Stein.
>
> The people who put on the show seemed to know so much about Einstein 
> (or however many steins it was) that I hoped they would say something 
> about THE SECRET DOCTRINE as well, but there was nothing about 
> Theosophy in the show.
>
> My personal suspicion is that he did not tipple at all and that his 
> real ame was NeinStein.
>
> Does anyone know?