by the grace of God, the emporer of America

[TMF Jeff]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_A._Norton

 

[venray]

GREAT GRANDPA!!!!!!!!!!


(that being said, I am ready to take over my "throne" now......ROFL)

 

[Ayla ny]

leave it to those Californians... 🙄

and Ray, honey, get some Visine!

 

[venray]

All the better to see you with , my dear.........

 

[Ayla ny]

ah.. well, since you are all eyes now... my freshly painted candy-apple-red toes are perfectly safe! thought that maybe they had just fallen right out your head now that sandal weather is here.

 

[lightninbug]

All Hail The Emperor!!

I've read about Emperor Norton long ago after I'd heard about him from a friend from Calif. This is one of the most heartwarming stories of a whole city's practical joke on itself.
Norton was given carte blanche of the city's fine restaurants & they even honored his "Norton Dollars", printed esp. for him by a local printer. If he was displeased w/ an establishment's service or food, he wrote about it & their business suffered a decline...if however he liked the cuisine, the shop would hang the sign in their window,"Emperor Norton Eats Here" & would receive a brisk Business.
He was even affored FREE Opera & Show Tickets ; when he entered, all the theatre goers would rise from their seats & remain standing til he (& his 2 mongrel dogs: Bummer & Lazarus),were seated.
He was allowed to review the troops at the Citadel & was given a chair on the floor of the San Fransisco Legislature where he was allowed to make suggestions, (one was the Golden Gate Bridge).
This is why I LOVE San Fransisco: Home of The Fillmore, Winterland, The San Fransisco Sound & Emporer Norton the Ist.
ALL HAIL

BUG : Grand Wazoo & Lord Protector of INDY

 

[AffectionateDan]

:::glances at his own siggy:::

Hmmmm... wonder if he's any relation?

 

[Tenebrae]

This man appears in one of the "Lucky Luke" comics, called "Empereur Smith". The names changed yet the character's portrayal is very close to the original.

 

[TMF Jeff]

He also appears in one of the Sandman comics, which is how I happened to hear about him.

 

[Tenebrae]

Sandman, you mean by Neil Gaiman ?

 

[TMF Jeff]

yep, it's the first story in the collection Fables and Reflections.

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

I first heard about him reading the Principia Discordia, a semi-obscure book on Discordianism from `65.

 

[BigJim]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollocks

 

[mart]

Maybe we are just humoring our governments by leaving them in office altogether. We may be just a giant nuthouse.