Yeah, I read that in Harry Thompson's excellent Herge biog.
― chap, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 12:01 (fifteen years ago) link
That's where I got it from too, I think- but the original source is probably Entretiens avec Herge, for which an English translation is long overdue.
― Richard Jones, Friday, 6 February 2009 16:17 (fifteen years ago) link
another theme in tintin--something gets broken, then fixed, then immediately broken again. happens to the thom(p)son twins all the time
― max, Friday, 6 February 2009 16:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Haddock falls over/walks into something.
― chap, Friday, 6 February 2009 16:50 (fifteen years ago) link