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Started by Template, September 17, 2009, 05:27:38 AM

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September 17, 2009, 05:27:38 AM Last Edit: September 17, 2009, 07:04:47 AM by yhnmzw
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.

Dysnomia

#1
September 17, 2009, 05:31:18 AM
 :lol:
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#2
September 17, 2009, 06:04:24 AM
Gonna post this on Facebook.  :lulz:
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

fomenter

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September 17, 2009, 06:11:04 AM Last Edit: September 17, 2009, 06:14:08 AM by fomenter
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#4
September 17, 2009, 06:48:03 AM
Sweet Norton, it's the 40th of Bureaucracy already! (I forgot that this would be 250 years)  :fnord:
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#5
September 17, 2009, 06:50:17 AM
Thank you, yhnmzw! His Imperial Majesty's loyal subjects have not forgotten!
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September 17, 2009, 07:00:12 AM
2009 - 1859 = 150

Thanks for telling us though.
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#7
September 17, 2009, 07:04:22 AM
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.

Telarus

#8
September 17, 2009, 09:22:23 AM
Quote from: yhnmzw on September 17, 2009, 07:04:22 AM
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.
lol
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#9
September 17, 2009, 03:07:34 PM
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!
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#10
September 17, 2009, 06:58:40 PM
Ah Norton. A role model for us all.

Today, I shall declare myself Empress of my department.
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#11
September 17, 2009, 07:42:13 PM
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.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Bebek Sincap Ratatosk

#12
September 17, 2009, 09:57:52 PM
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.

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#13
September 18, 2009, 01:17:07 AM
It's a tiny little hill!  :lulz:
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

LMNO

#14
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. 
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