# Oh, caligulashorse, we hardly knew ye **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 19, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956 "2009-05-19T13:05:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/1 "2009-05-19T13:05:38Z")
I’m not objecting to the banning of caligulashorse, who in a few shining posts demonstrated a rare ability to offend vertually everyone with a remarkable economy of words. But I’m curious as to why, as there appears not to be any “smoking gun”, as it were. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/2 "2009-05-19T13:15:39Z")
“Do not suffer a troll to live.” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/3 "2009-05-19T13:36:41Z")
Well, then, I have a few other suggestions… ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/4 "2009-05-19T15:06:28Z")
I am not a troll, Jim. A gnome, a hobgoblin, or a nincompoop, quite possibly. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/5 "2009-05-19T15:50:08Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > I am not a troll, Jim. A gnome, a hobgoblin, or a nincompoop, quite possibly. 😃 How fascinating that you assume you are the subject of my ruminations. Well, you are… now! ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/6 "2009-05-19T16:20:57Z")
Does that make it a self-fulfilling trollosophy? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/7 "2009-05-19T16:34:17Z")
The only way to be certain is to perform a trollonoscopy. Myself, I prefer not to know. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/8 "2009-05-19T16:42:28Z")
It’s getting really silly in here. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/9 "2009-05-19T17:05:21Z")
Must be Camelot. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/10 "2009-05-19T17:25:44Z")
Duh, camels and horses are completely different animals. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/11 "2009-05-19T18:06:48Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > It’s getting really silly in here. We are giddy with being out from under the oppressive thumb of **caligulashorse**. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/12 "2009-05-19T18:07:30Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Duh, camels and horses are completely different animals. What if it’s a camel who feels he was a horse born in the wrong body? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/13 "2009-05-19T18:10:50Z")
What if **caligulashorse** really wanted to be **caligulascamel** but was ashamed of the hump? I could certainly feel the bitterness pouring out. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/14 "2009-05-19T18:52:28Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > But I’m curious as to why, as there appears not to be any “smoking gun”, as it were. A large pile of spitballs amounts to the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/15 "2009-05-19T19:19:52Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > What if **caligulashorse** really wanted to be **caligulascamel** but was ashamed of the hump? Actually, he was **caligulascamel** , but he was ashamed of his toe, hence the _nom de plume_. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/16 "2009-05-20T01:53:23Z")
Please remember: we prefer NOT talking about people who aren’t around to respond. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/17 "2009-05-20T02:05:34Z")
Oh yeah, I remember, the grownups don’t have a real clear understanding of fun. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/18 "2009-05-20T02:16:03Z")
The name should have been **Incitatus** , shouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956/19 "2009-05-20T03:14:03Z")
And I think we’re done here. Thank you for playing.