I like Gell-Mann's story about how Feynman would intentionally 'forget' his coat and tie when going to dine in the campus formal dining room and instead wear th

I like Gell-Mann's story about how Feynman would intentionally 'forget' his coat and tie when going to dine in the campus formal dining room and instead wear their scabby leftover tie and coat. How might have things turned out differently if Gell-Mann had been the sort to realize that a good practical joke would have been to replace the scabby attire with Feynman's own tie and coat provided by some fleet-footed student. When Feynman arrived he would instead of being the iconoclast as usual he would have had to settle for just conforming as his own tie and coat would be sitting there waiting for him. Feynman might have appreciated that.