Dark Bilious Vapors

But how could I deny that I possess these hands and this body, and withal escape being classed with persons in a state of insanity, whose brains are so disordered and clouded by dark bilious vapors....
--Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy: Meditation I

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01/28/2005: There is another answer....


to the "Which historical lunatic are you?" quiz over at Rum and Monkey. I've seen a number of blogs where the proprietors have taken that quiz, and every one, til now, have come up with either "Joshua Abraham Norton, first and only Emperor of the United States" or "Nicola Tesla". Finally, Big Stupid Tommy breaks out of the rut, having taken the quiz and gotten "Charles VI, Mad King of France" as his historical lunatic.

Way to go, Tommy!




Len on 01.28.05 @ 06:46 PM CST

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on Saturday, January 29th, 2005 at 11:32 AM CST, SadPunk said

I got Ludwig II, the Swan King of Bavaria. I'd never heard of him, but he sounds like everything I've ever wanted to be: "Despite striking an imposing figure with your great height and good looks, your speeches were pompous to the point of incomprehensibility. You became even more of a recluse, often spending hours reading poetry in a seashell-shaped boat in your electrically-illuminated underground grotto."

Oh my god, that's the coolest thing I've ever heard.

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