PARACELSUS HAS A LOT TO ANSWER FOR

The most fun you can have with a dry martini and a garden gnome.

That titled explained: the gnome first appears in the alchemical works of  

Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541), aka 

Paracelsus.  He's also often credited with the line "the dose makes the poison" - 

good advice to martini drinkers.