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NeantHumain
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 Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:51 am Post subject: Roman Emperor Asininus Severus Primaverae AS Friend or Foe? |
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There once lived a man named Asininus Severus Primaverae. His loyal troops elected him emperor of Rome. Like most Roman emperors, though, he plotted, campaigned, and persecuted. The question is, was Asininus SP (kinda like Game Boy Advance SP!  ) a friend or foe of Asperger's syndrome? |
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Sean
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:28 am Post subject: |
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I voted for #3. At least you still have the presence of mind to think of that possibility.  |
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Prometheus
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:52 am Post subject: |
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/me sits back and sips a cold beer as NeantHumain completely loses it and starts postulating that caesar was the real SUMO POPE, mortal emeny of all bi-polars.
I voted #3. I like you, but this is really a lot more crazy than what I normally expect of you. I like it, in a way. . .
/me nods sagely
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MishLuvsHer2Boys
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:07 am Post subject: |
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| Sorry voted #3. Kinda illogical to expect people to know who you are talking about and make any inferences like you wish people to make on a person so long dead it's not funny. |
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NeantHumain
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Prometheus wrote: | | I voted #3. I like you, but this is really a lot more crazy than what I normally expect of you. I like it, in a way. . . |
Heh, I was really bored and the phrase "asinius severus" slipped into my mind, and I decided to make it into—what else—a poll! Of course, asininus is Latin for ass (as in donkey), and primaverae is Latin for spring's or of spring (I think).
Nota bene that I was not having some overnight hypomanic episode or what-not. |
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adversarial
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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I would say he was par for the course for any political figure of the time (and many political figures today).
He would have a difficult time marshalling his Troops against a diagnostic construct that didn't even exist then, though.
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NeantHumain
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| adversarial wrote: | | I would say he was par for the course for any political figure of the time (and many political figures today). |
I pulled Asininus Severus Primaverae out of thin air. He's not even a legal fiction! |
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adversarial
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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But you could easily be giving a very broad definition of many figures of the type you created. Of course, something that sounds like a botched version of 'Severely Asinine' is open to being though of as such, too.
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SquanderedPotential
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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i voted foe because the name clearly indicated he was severely asinine. didn't anyone else pick up on this? pretty standard etymology... 
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