John von Neumann Seen by his Brother by Nicholas A. von Neuman.
After a formal wedding ceremony in September, the newly wed couple's first baby is born in January. In the hospital nursery, baby looks out through window and observes heavy snow falling, and pedestrians walking in fur coats and shivering. Baby speaks: "Rather cold for June. " (Context: critique of social etiquette.)
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