# Lunatic, villain, or nitwit? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 2, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097 "2009-05-02T16:56:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/1 "2009-05-02T16:56:21Z")
This is a simple game. One poster names a famous real person; the next identifies said person as a lunatic, villain, or nitwit–or, perhaps, none of the above–and then offers another name for the next Doper to consider. For example, if hypothetical poster 0 had offered up _Sarah Palin_, my reply would be _nitwit_. And now, to get things going: Fred Phelps. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/2 "2009-05-02T17:10:57Z")
_Villain._ Ferdinand Porsche ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/3 "2009-05-02T17:11:56Z")
Phelps is clearly all three. Better start over with a different example. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/4 "2009-05-02T17:32:07Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > Phelps is clearly all three. Better start over with a different example. Well, that’s the point. Which of the three is most apt? But since you’re gonna be all Welsh on me, fine: Tom Cruise. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/5 "2009-05-02T17:37:37Z")
_Lunatic_. Rosie O’Donnell. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/6 "2009-05-02T17:46:36Z")
_Nitwit._ Back to Ferdinand Porsche. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/7 "2009-05-02T17:50:37Z")
_Villain_, I guess. John Ashcroft. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/8 "2009-05-02T17:58:35Z")
Villain. Graham Kerr. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/9 "2009-05-02T18:30:01Z")
none of the above Che Guevara ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/10 "2009-05-02T18:47:38Z")
Nitwit. Michael Foot. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/11 "2009-05-02T22:09:36Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Nitwit. > > Michael Foot. He’s British, and I feel like a Star Wars fan today, so I’ll say _villain_. Andrew Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/12 "2009-05-02T22:28:40Z")
Villain. Gavrilo Princip. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/13 "2009-05-03T01:50:56Z")
> [@DaphneBlack](#): > > Gavrilo Princip. Lunatic. Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/14 "2009-05-03T02:20:08Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > Donald Trump. Nitwit. You can tell by the hair. Leni Riefenstahl. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/15 "2009-05-03T02:39:28Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > Leni Riefenstahl. None of the above John Wilkes Booth ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/16 "2009-05-03T05:31:45Z")
_Villain._ Mao Tse Tung ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/17 "2009-05-03T05:34:26Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Mao Tse Tung Villain L. Ron Hubbard ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/18 "2009-05-03T06:28:05Z")
> [@Baraqiyal](#): > > Villain > L. Ron Hubbard Lunatic. Ayn Rand ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/19 "2009-05-03T07:08:05Z")
> [@Lucky\_13](#): > > Lunatic. > > Ayn Rand Villain. [George III](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatic-villain-or-nitwit/495097/20 "2009-05-03T07:13:48Z")
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