A thought for the day:
You know, there is this theory going around in the MAGAsphere that Trump is pretending to be insane in order to get his way. To answer this particular brand of cult lunacy I have a story about a cousin of mine.
This guy would do things such as walk backward through exiting crowds from movie theaters so he could get in for free. He would eat his way through a grocery store and buy a pack of gum at the register for a nickel so that he could say that he was a regular customer.
In that vein,he would order food in a restaurant, eat half of it and then complain that it was no good and refuse to pay. His conversational style was faux-erudite and insanely paradoxical most of the time. He answered questions with questions. He was nuts. Some in my family said that it was all an act and he was secretly brilliant.
When he went for his draft physical he was classified as 4-F. He came to a family gathering and was boasting about how he put one over on the Doctor and the draft board. Afterwards, I was saying to anyone who would listen that he didn’t fool anyone. He’s plain crazy and they knew it. He’s a danger to a military unit and a risk to the lives of his fellow soldiers. As anti-war as I was, I understood the importance of military cohesion and individual survival.
Nope, Orangina has always been nuts and now he’s in a severe cognitive and physical decline. Nothing new here.
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This took him TWO HOURS to solve.
And he used a hammer.
Compare: Caligula.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=21207429
Long post. Fun to read.
Spoiler:
Caligula - the Mad Emperor who Declared War on the Sea
Trumpets sounded, arms were raised, and the soldiers awaited further instructions as if facing a real enemy.
Then, with no warning, Caligula dismissed the battle and declared victory. Ancient authors later interpreted this as a symbolic triumph over the god Neptune. Next, he instructed the troops to collect seashells along the beach and store them as trophies of the campaign.
According to these accounts, the shells were boxed and carried back to Rome as “spoils” of the conquest.