Joshua Norton declared himself Emperor Norton I of the United States.
QuoteWhen Norton returned to San Francisco from his self-imposed exile, he had become completely disgruntled with what he considered the vicissitudes and inadequacies of the legal and political structures of the United States. On September 17, 1859, he took matters into his own hands and distributed letters to the various newspapers in the city, proclaiming himself "Emperor of these United States"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton#Declares_himself_.22Emperor.22
THANKS, WIKIPEDIA.
:lol:
Gonna post this on Facebook. :lulz:
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Sweet Norton, it's the 40th of Bureaucracy already! (I forgot that this would be 250 years) :fnord:
Thank you, yhnmzw! His Imperial Majesty's loyal subjects have not forgotten!
2009 - 1859 = 150
Thanks for telling us though.
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on September 17, 2009, 07:00:12 AM
2009 - 1859 = 150
Thanks for telling us though.
Thanks for correcting me. Gotta remember that arithmetic.
Norton is the literal emperor in our Steampunk story. Hence why all of our vehicles have the prefix "HIM", not standing for Victoria.
FOR THE EMPEROR!
Ah Norton. A role model for us all.
Today, I shall declare myself Empress of my department.
Once, me and my friend Dave took the BART out to Colma on a pilgrimage to visit Emperor Norton's grave. After that, we got lunch in K-Mart and ended up getting kicked out for having a foam battle.
Once I went to SF for a conference and took the BART out to pay Homage. I spent two hours wandering around the side of the "hill" (I think mountain is a better term) where he supposedly was. I finally returned to the BART and found out two days later that the map that was available on the Net was pointing to the wrong side of the graveyard.
I'm sure Eris and Norton had a good laugh at my expense.
fuckers...
It's a tiny little hill! :lulz:
Holy shit. I can't believe I never made the connection before. I got married on this day, three years ago.
There MUST be significance here.
congratulations, lmno!
Hey, Happy Anniversary!
Quote from: LMNO on September 18, 2009, 03:00:02 AM
Holy shit. I can't believe I never made the connection before. I got married on this day, three years ago.
There MUST be significance here.
I got married on the first day of Confusion. :lulz:
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So are you going to claim dominion over Massland? If so, could you kindly keep your people off my roads!!! They drive like crazy fucks!
Quote from: Telarus on September 18, 2009, 07:56:25 AM
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Wow, is that the K-Mart right there in the background? I don't remember it being so close!
I feel a deep-seated need to make a trip to that grave dressed in my Eris costume and take assorted suggestive pictures draped over the headstone.
Yes. That.
Quote from: Darth Cupcake on September 18, 2009, 03:35:21 PM
I feel a deep-seated need to make a trip to that grave dressed in my Eris costume and take assorted suggestive pictures draped over the headstone.
DOOO EEEEET!
Last night I went to Giant Eagle to pick up some foodstuff (for us and the cats) and Tylenol. A couple and their two children happened to be in the same aisle. Their daughter was, perhaps, 3 or 4 years old, blond terribly cute and pixieish and nearly ran Sjaantze over. I thought this was just innocent child exuberence... until the girl's dad said "Eris, behave!".
WHAT?! I thought a moment and realized I must have misheard. The little girl zoomed across the aisle again and the dad said "Eris!"
Yes, I met a little Eris and her baby brother Norton. I have no idea who they were, or where they came from, but Eris and Norton showed up in my reality 150 years to the day after the Emperor's Grand Declaration.
Hail Eris, All Hail Discordia!
Quote from: Nigel on September 17, 2009, 06:04:24 AM
Gonna post this on Facebook. :lulz:
Yeah me too.
yhnmzw, I'm stealing your text
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 18, 2009, 04:16:05 PM
Last night I went to Giant Eagle to pick up some foodstuff (for us and the cats) and Tylenol. A couple and their two children happened to be in the same aisle. Their daughter was, perhaps, 3 or 4 years old, blond terribly cute and pixieish and nearly ran Sjaantze over. I thought this was just innocent child exuberence... until the girl's dad said "Eris, behave!".
WHAT?! I thought a moment and realized I must have misheard. The little girl zoomed across the aisle again and the dad said "Eris!"
Yes, I met a little Eris and her baby brother Norton. I have no idea who they were, or where they came from, but Eris and Norton showed up in my reality 150 years to the day after the Emperor's Grand Declaration.
Hail Eris, All Hail Discordia!
Oh my god, awesome!
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 18, 2009, 04:16:05 PM
Last night I went to Giant Eagle to pick up some foodstuff (for us and the cats) and Tylenol. A couple and their two children happened to be in the same aisle. Their daughter was, perhaps, 3 or 4 years old, blond terribly cute and pixieish and nearly ran Sjaantze over. I thought this was just innocent child exuberence... until the girl's dad said "Eris, behave!".
WHAT?! I thought a moment and realized I must have misheard. The little girl zoomed across the aisle again and the dad said "Eris!"
Yes, I met a little Eris and her baby brother Norton. I have no idea who they were, or where they came from, but Eris and Norton showed up in my reality 150 years to the day after the Emperor's Grand Declaration.
Hail Eris, All Hail Discordia!
:lulz: That's a great story, Rata!
Yah, Synchronicities!
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on September 18, 2009, 04:16:05 PM
Last night I went to Giant Eagle to pick up some foodstuff (for us and the cats) and Tylenol. A couple and their two children happened to be in the same aisle. Their daughter was, perhaps, 3 or 4 years old, blond terribly cute and pixieish and nearly ran Sjaantze over. I thought this was just innocent child exuberence... until the girl's dad said "Eris, behave!".
WHAT?! I thought a moment and realized I must have misheard. The little girl zoomed across the aisle again and the dad said "Eris!"
Yes, I met a little Eris and her baby brother Norton. I have no idea who they were, or where they came from, but Eris and Norton showed up in my reality 150 years to the day after the Emperor's Grand Declaration.
Hail Eris, All Hail Discordia!
The weird part is that I haven't even finished my time machine yet... :fnord:
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on September 18, 2009, 11:21:41 AM
So are you going to claim dominion over Massland? If so, could you kindly keep your people off my roads!!! They drive like crazy fucks!
Dude, no kidding! Any time I've driven through Massland I wonder if I've somehow accidentally offended everyone terribly and they're all determined to get revenge on me for it.
Well you have, but that's another story.
Also, I hereby declare myself King of Massland.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/Marburger/91faf291.jpg)
BOW BEFORE YOUR KING, MASSPAGS!
Quote from: LMNO on September 23, 2009, 01:03:12 PM
Well you have, but that's another story.
I told you people already: the fishnets and the Van de Graaf generator did not even belong to me, nor was it my idea to bring them in the first place!
I implore thee, King of Masspags, to call off your army of insane kamikaze motorists. We will need their might in the fight against the heathen Anti-Swamp Yankee Alliance.
The King demands tribute.