# Nick Cage just gets nuttier and nuttier. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289 "2010-05-21T19:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/21 "2010-05-22T00:28:57Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > 3 bucks on a $20 tab is 15%…that’s not necessarily bad tip. I’ll bet the bartender was just hoping he could get you to get you to tip more…sort of an “I’m a better man than some fancy-schmancy Hollywood celebrity” gesture… I actually thought the same thing—I just overheard the bartender talking to another customer, so he didn’t say anything to me directly about it. And I thought that while 3 bucks on a $20 tab was not particularly generous, it is not too far off the mark for what most people would leave, and I only piped up about it when I read the post about his hoodoo snake purchace. Apparently, Nicholas Cage has spent a lot of time in New Orleans recently, and seems to have a fondness for the city, which kinda makes me like him a bit more than before, having heard here on SDMB that he is generally thought of as an arrogant prick by those who have met him… ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/22 "2010-05-22T01:21:10Z")
There was a two-headed snake in the Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park when I was a kid. It was AWESOME. (Don’t believe me? [Some dude wrote a blog entry about how awesome it was that will prove it to you.](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/parenting/detail?blogid=29&entry_id=39298)) Let me tell you, if I could have a two-headed snake, I totally would. Nic Cage is not at all crazy for wanting one. The rest, I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/23 "2010-05-22T02:01:34Z")
When I worked in the pet trade I was occasionally offered the opportunity to buy two-headed snakes and turtles. Never saw anything else crop up. It stems from inbreeding, and there are several species of snake and turtle that have been bred in captivity for long enough for such traits to occur. Pretty cool, but generally not very long-lived. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/24 "2010-05-22T02:10:10Z")
I wonder if Nick will eat turtles?? [Turtle having sex link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0A77rohcyg) And, yes, that’s really the male turtle making the moaning noises. Look closely. You can see its esophagus open and close. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/25 "2010-05-22T04:42:44Z")
> [@Perciful](#): > > Nick is bankrupt and so is his hair… > > [Nicks Hair](http://www.dlisted.com/node/36736) [Nonsense!](http://kenwoode.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/nic-cage-birdhair.jpg?w=475&h=550) ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/26 "2010-05-22T05:29:10Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > He’s grooming himself to take over Gary Busey’s spot. He’s got a loooong way to go. Hell, he hasn’t even started fellating bananas in public yet _and_ I have it on good authority he has turned down a spot on “America’s Dumbest”. ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/27 "2010-05-22T13:42:23Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > [Nonsense!](http://kenwoode.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/nic-cage-birdhair.jpg?w=475&h=550) Nick should not be allowed near peroxide again. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/28 "2010-05-22T13:59:15Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I suspect that Cage is a smart, slightly weird guy, who - like many smart, weird guys - likes acting much crazier than he really is in order to mess with people’s heads. I suspect that’s it. I think he is just trying to make his world more interesting by messing with reporters. ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/29 "2010-05-22T17:18:16Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > And I thought that while 3 bucks on a $20 tab was not particularly generous, it is not too far off the mark for what most people would leave, and I only piped up about it when I read the post about his hoodoo snake purchace. I thought the original $20 was a typo in your first post. What is that, 2 drinks? In what world is that “running up a tab”? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/30 "2010-05-23T23:54:31Z")
It’s a good thing people don’t have dignified sex. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/31 "2010-05-24T03:04:29Z")
What do expect from someone who names his son Kal-El? I don’t think he is \*pretending \*to be dumb. ---
**Author:** ![DataZak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DataZak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataZak)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/32 "2010-05-24T07:04:33Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > What do expect from someone who names his son Kal-El? I don’t think he is \*pretending \*to be dumb. That just means he likes Superman a lot. Naming your child Moon Unit…now that’s fucked up! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/33 "2010-05-24T11:51:11Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > What do expect from someone who names his son Kal-El? I don’t think he is \*pretending \*to be dumb. I have to agree. It isn’t just the things he says, it is the things he does. If he just said weird shit, I could get behind the “He just funnin’ with the reporters.” But here is a man who has earned more than 3 Billion in his lifetime and still can’t make ends meet. He is either stupid and/or nuts. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/34 "2010-05-24T12:43:03Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I have to agree. It isn’t just the things he says, it is the things he does. If he just said weird shit, I could get behind the “He just funnin’ with the reporters.” But here is a man who has earned more than 3 Billion in his lifetime and still can’t make ends meet. He is either stupid and/or nuts. Wait, he’s _personally_ earned $3 billion, or his films have? Those are two separate things. I’m having a hard time imagining that he’s made that sort of money. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289/35 "2010-05-24T13:04:26Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > Wait, he’s _personally_ earned $3 billion, or his films have? Those are two separate things. I’m having a hard time imagining that he’s made that sort of money. [Link](http://www.popcrunch.com/excessive-spending-blamed-for-nicolas-cage-bankruptcy/) > [@](#): > > The 45-year-old grossed a collective $3.9 billion over the course of his more than 25 year career, but Cage’s lavish purchases have left his checking account running on empty. Nicolas owns a jet, two yachts, three castles, and owns two islands in the Bahamas; he also has a fleet of fifty, as well as a number of mansions. But the most bizarre purchase came in 2007, when the star outbid Titanic’s DiCaprio for a skull claimed to be from a prehistoric beast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-cage-just-gets-nuttier-and-nuttier/540289.md?page=1)