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"An absent minded genius. His inventions improve the quality of life for all of humanity, in between the whimsical toasters and mousetraps. Unfortunately, he accidentally left the keys to his time machine in the past."
Absent Mindstein's description, Atlantis Underwater Tycoon

(the Doctor puts a glass of water on the floor and stares at it)
Amy: Why did you do that?
The Doctor: Don't know. I think a lot. It's hard to keep track.

Dr Kromm was formerly a captain in the 1st Royal Artillery Regiment, but is presently a living, breathing hazard. He blunders about in dark glasses, even at night, waving his arms around madly as he speaks. Teacups, meerschaums and port glasses are the most common casualties of these antics. More disturbingly, he tinkers with explosives as he talks, then forgets them on the sideboard or under the chesterfield. Finally, he practices Hermetic alchemy without much attention to the proper rituals. This has resulted in some strange side effects, the most recent of which is a talking rat in the Duke’s cellars.
GURPS Wizards

Now, if I simply adjust the targeting ratchet by one degree... oops! Thank Sigmar they were only mercenaries!
Engineer, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Career Compendium - The Ultimate Career Reference

He was an odd one, Professor Coldwater. Young for a professor. Kept to himself — you rarely saw him outside the classroom. He was new, and opinion about him was divided as to whether he was a genius or a bit insane or both. He had a cult following among the students: his lectures were peppered with exotic magicks and bravura demonstrations, or so the legends went. Plum had never seen one — she was way past Minor Mendings. The other professors didn't seem that wild about him. He was constantly getting handed the crap jobs that nobody else wanted, like eating with the First Years. He didn't seem to mind, or maybe he just didn't notice. She got the impression he had something else going on, something that was part of a larger frame of reference than the changeless yet ephemeral world of Brakebills. He was always hurrying in and out of the library with thick books under his arms, mumbling to himself like he was doing math problems in his head.

"I have a screw loose." (Beat) "If you find it, you'll might, er, put it in an envelope and send it to... wherever I'm going, please. The name is, uh, 'Rutherford'."
Dr. Morgan Rutherford, Raising the Wind

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