L'udmilla

Here's a little history lesson for you. It's mostly true. Ish.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl called L'udmilla Pajdušáková, who was a Slovak with an unexpected apostrophe in her name. This little girl grew up to become a young woman.

Even though she was a young woman, she sadly did not qualify for membership of the Young Women's Christian Association Of Plainfield and North Plainfield, NJ on account of being from Slovakia and not from New Jersey which, one assumes is a basic requirement for membership of the Young Women's Christian Association Of Plainfield and North Plainfield, NJ.

This was unfortunate, as every young Slovakian girl dreams of growing up to be a member of Young Women's Christian Association Of Plainfield and North Plainfield, NJ.

So instead, at the tender age of 18, L'udmilla set out to travel the world - or a least a small part of Europe and, as it was her back-up ambition, tried to join the Karlsruher football club, only to find (and I think you'll like this bit) that the Nazis had banned the Süddeutsche Fußball-Verband, otherwise known as the South German Football Championship, the year before! Goddamn Nazis!

So she became an astronomer instead, and, with her new friends, Minoru and Antonin, discovered a comet and an asteroid which were named after them!

And they all lived happily ever after. Oh, except L'udmilla died in in her sixties, which isn't very old, really. But she has an asteroid named after her, so it ain't all bad!