How Do You Say “Of Course Of Course” in Italian, Anyway?
Weird fact of the day:
Roman Emperor/nutjob Caligula (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula) appointed his horse to a seat in the Senate.
That guy was a piece of work, huh? What I find even more interesting are the landmarks of the horse’s tenure in the Senate:
A.D. 37 - Sponsored legislation in the form of the No Equestrian Left Behind Act
A.D. 38 - Promoted the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Whinny” policy towards gay horses serving in the Praetorian Guard
A.D. 39 - In his most famous speech during a war with the Gauls, proclaimed that “the only thing we have to fear are whips themselves”, and “a stable divided against itself - and filled with horseshit - cannot stand”.
A.D. 40 - In a public debate against a vocal critic named Suetonius, uttered the famous line “Senator, I knew Cicero. Cicero was a friend of mine. SENATOR, YOU ARE NO CICERO OF ARPINUM.” This line was later plagiarized in the 20th century by Lloyd Bentsen.
A.D. 41 - Career as a senator ends in a mysterious disappearance during a vacation to the glue-producing region of Actium.
In the interest of full disclosure, I should note (1) there is some debate among historians as to whether Caligula actually appointed his horse Senator, and (2) that I’m extremely hungover.
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