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Randomness ([personal profile] randomness) wrote2005-10-09 03:21 am

Well, I *was* always fond of Emperor Norton...

I'm Joshua Abraham Norton, the first and only Emperor of the United States of America!
Which Historical Lunatic Are You?
From the fecund loins of Rum and Monkey.

(Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] trifle and [livejournal.com profile] bloodstones, not least because I went and reread "Three Septembers and a January" after I got this result.)

Dude!!!! Norton!!!

[identity profile] coxmage.livejournal.com 2005-10-09 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
SOOOOOOOOOO Jealous!

but have ou been to his gravesite? Hmmmmm????

Re: Dude!!!! Norton!!!

[identity profile] r-ness.livejournal.com 2005-10-09 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
Alas, no.

(He's not buried in Colma, is he? I'd think he predates that.)

Anyway, I'd be psyched if you'd show me where it is next time I'm out.

Re: Dude!!!! Norton!!!

[identity profile] coxmage.livejournal.com 2005-10-09 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
He does predate Colma... so they moved him there in full state regalia when all the graves where shipped there. remmeber.. Colma contains not just the people who were initially interred there, but those who had been buried in SF and then moved once the City could no longer afford to waste space on cemetaries... this was in the teens I think. Hmm... should be an anniversary coming up, heh.

Oh yes, I know EXACTLY where Norton is.

Re: Dude!!!! Norton!!!

[identity profile] tyellas.livejournal.com 2005-10-09 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, how strange - when I was last in San Francisco ten years ago, I went on an expedition to Emperor Norton's grave, too. We brought flowers and dice as offerings.

[identity profile] bookly.livejournal.com 2005-10-09 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I came out as "Charles VI of France, also known as Charles the Mad or Charles the Well-Beloved!" Rather a disturbing description, that.
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[personal profile] muffyjo 2005-10-09 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
We are much more alike than I knew! Seems we are both Emerpro Norton:

I'm Joshua Abraham Norton, the first and only Emperor of the United States of America!
Which Historical Lunatic Are You?
From the fecund loins of Rum and Monkey.

[identity profile] dianec42.livejournal.com 2005-10-09 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Me too. (I wonder how many of my UK friends will have even heard of Emperor Norton... (-:)

[identity profile] whitebird.livejournal.com 2005-10-09 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I was Caligula. Go figure.