# Which Historical Lunatic are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479 "2006-12-17T05:20:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/41 "2006-12-17T16:39:18Z")
Caligula. Time to party! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/42 "2006-12-17T16:40:01Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] What am I gonna do with all these fingers? [/QUOTE] Tiramisu. ---
**Author:** ![gommsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@gommsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gommsn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/43 "2006-12-17T22:03:34Z")
Another **Caligula** here! _I was actually quite a decent chap. Just misunderstood_😉 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/44 "2006-12-17T22:21:50Z")
I am the one true Caligula! Party at the colliseum. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/45 "2006-12-18T00:47:32Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m William John Cavendish-Bentick-Scott the fifth Duke of Portland. _I,_ sir, am William John Cavendish-Bentick-Scott. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/46 "2006-12-18T00:57:18Z")
[QUOTE=Buckler of Swashing] I’m Ludwig II, The Swan King of Bavaria! [/quote] Nein! Nein! It is _I_ who am Ludwig II! Maybe we can arrange to be Co-Ludwigs? One week, you wear the Lud and I’ll wear the wig. Then we’ll switch. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/47 "2006-12-18T00:58:57Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I’m Nicola Tesla. [/QUOTE] So you invented this death ray I’m hearing so much about… 'nother Norton I here. I almost dressed up as the Emperor for Halloween, and I’m sure I’ll do that one of these years. As a Discordian Pope, the comparison is a major honor. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/48 "2006-12-18T01:03:15Z")
I am the sixth Charles the VI of France. Say that three times fast. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/49 "2006-12-18T01:04:32Z")
I suspect that all of us Joshua Abraham Nortons are loved. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/50 "2006-12-18T01:06:49Z")
My condolences to the Teslas. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/51 "2006-12-18T01:55:10Z")
I am William John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, the Fifth Duke of Portland ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/52 "2006-12-18T01:59:50Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] Another Emperor Norton here. [/QUOTE] Me too, quite remarkable since I don´t even have US citizenship, but I digress… There can be only one Emperor Noron so what should it be?, pistols at dawn or calamari at dinner? ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/53 "2006-12-18T02:14:49Z")
[QUOTE=The Flying Dutchman] My condolences to the Teslas. [/QUOTE] Thank you, **The Flying Dutchman** , I needed those condolences… Brendon ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/54 "2006-12-18T02:22:25Z")
Anent W.J.C. Bentinck-Scott and J.A. Norton: Isn’t it just typical? San Francisco has an emperor, but Portland only rates a duke. I’d take Viscount of Vancouver if it’s free. ---
**Author:** ![the\_chicken\_of\_exeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@the\_chicken\_of\_exeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_chicken_of_exeter)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/55 "2006-12-18T02:30:15Z")
I am Ludwig II, the Swan King of Bavaria. Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/56 "2006-12-18T02:34:33Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Isn’t it just typical? San Francisco has an emperor, but Portland only rates a duke. [/QUOTE] I believe the Portland to which my title refers is this one: > **[Isle of Portland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Portland)** > > The Isle of Portland is a tied island, 6 kilometres (4 mi) long by 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) wide, in the English Channel. The southern tip, Portland Bill, lies 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A barrier beach called Chesil Beach joins Portland with mainland England. The A354 road passes down the Portland end of the beach and then over the Fleet Lagoon by bridge to the mainland. The population of Portland is 13, ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/57 "2006-12-18T02:36:11Z")
I totally dig that **the chicken of exeter** is the Swan King of Bavaria. ---
**Author:** ![633squadron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/ee59a6/32.png) [@633squadron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/633squadron)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/58 "2006-12-18T02:41:24Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] I am Joshua Abraham Norton, first and only Emperor of the United States of America. [/QUOTE] Oh _really_? :dubious: That’s what it said about _me_. Hmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479/59 "2006-12-18T03:53:04Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Nein! Nein! It is _I_ who am Ludwig II! Maybe we can arrange to be Co-Ludwigs? One week, you wear the Lud and I’ll wear the wig. Then we’ll switch. [/QUOTE] Is the Lud dry-clean only? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-historical-lunatic-are-you/384479.md?page=2)