[Loch-Ruadh] Which Historical Lunatic Are You?

[Alric and Fiona]

I am Nikola Tesla

Who would have thunk it?

Alric


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> another late entry but funny anyway...
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> http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/tests/lunatics/
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> Magdalea/Pook
> Which Historical Lunatic Are You?
> You are Gaius Caesar Germanicus - better known as Caligula!
>
> Third Emperor of Rome and ruler of one of the most powerful empires of all
> time, your common name means "little boots". Although you only reigned for
> four years, brief even by Roman standards, you still managed to garner a
> reputation as a cruel, extravagant and downright insane despot. Your
father
> died in suspicious circumstances, you were not the intended heir, and one
of
> your first acts as Emperor was to force the suicide of your father-in-law.
> Your sister Drusilla died that same year; faced with allegations that your
> relationship with her had been incestuous, you responded, bafflingly, by
> declaring her a god.
>
> You revived a number of unpopular traditions, including auctions of
> properties left over from public shows. When a senator fell asleep at one
> such auction, you took each of his nods as bids, selling him 13 gladiators
> for a vast sum. You attempted to have your horse, Incitatus, made into a
> consul and hence one of the most powerful figures in Rome. It was granted
a
> marble stable with jewels and a staff of servants. At one point you forced
> your comrade Macro to kill himself - in much the same vein as your
> father-in-law - accusing him of being his wife's pimp. You, of course,
were
> having an affair with said wife at the time.
>
> Things went from bad to worse. When supplies of condemned men ran short in
> the circus, you had innocent spectators dragged into the arena with the
> lions to fill their place. You claimed mastery of the sea by walking
across
> a three-mile bridge of boats in the Bay of Naples; kissed the necks of
your
> lovers, whispering sweet nothings like "This lovely neck will be chopped
as
> soon as I say so,"; dallied with your sister's lover and made her pull her
> unborn child out of her womb prematurely. Towards the end of your reign,
you
> had a golden statue of yourself made and dressed each day in the same
> clothes you yourself wore. When you eventually died, the terrified people
of
> Rome refused to believe that such a cruel reign could ever end, and
believed
> you to be alive for years afterwards.
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