All right, that does sound similar. He was popular, Shakespeare? A lot of people seemed to know him.

Right - thankfully for us, of the two of us, I'm the only one who's an idiot.

[He says it completely straight, such that it might take someone a few moments to realize Armin, for once, just told a joke.

Of course, part of that might be to hide the fact that they both literally have died since then, even if it wasn't related to their roles in that jaunt - and even if it didn't stick.]