Who was the nuttiest nut of all time?

[Perfection]

History is filled with nutty nuts, but which nutty nut is the nuttiest?

Edit: You must also explain why.

 

[eastsidebagel]

Aleister Crowley

Here's my explaination: This guy was so nuts that every squirrel he encountered must have lowered its head in shame!
He was a pervert, sociopathic, satan-worshipping dish of nut salad, if you ask me!

 

[Perfection]

Please explain why.

 

[Azale]

This is rather nutty! He is a gigantic walking peanut fighting with our boys at the front! This is ridiculous, peanuts shouldn't be fighting!

Also, Pol Pot for his horrific crimes against humanity. He believed wearing glasses a sign of intellect and intellect was a crime punishable by death. Also rather nutty!

 

[civiijkw]

You can't forget about the Emperor Norton. He was the San Francisco resident who was the self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States. He was somewhat humored and he benevolently bestowed titles on those that aided him.

 

[JonathanStrange]

Was Caligula as nuts as he's said to have been?

I can understand Mr. Peanut in a way, he was probably all hopped up on Tanqueray and 'shrooms. But yeah, they shouldn't have sent a peanut to the front. What were they thinking?

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Idi Amin was quite nutty IIRC.

Princess Diana was a total loon as well.

 

[Hasdrubal Barca]

Roman emperor Nero, total syco for all the obivious reasons.

 

[Mad Man]

This is a silly questin every body already knows I'm the nuttiest nut of all time any one else is running in a distant second place.

 

[pawpaw]

Idi Amin was quite nutty IIRC.

" My name is Idi Amin Dada--thats 2 D's, 2 I's and 1 gun"

 

[Traitorfish]

I'd like to say Emperor Norton, but I'm almost convinced he was actually a master of absurdist satire. Or, maybe, y'know, a lunatic.
For those who haven't heard of him, His Imperial Majesty Joshua Norton was a failed businessman living in San Francisco who, after going quite mad when he went broke, declared himself to be Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, spent his days patrolling the city in a worn American officier's uniform and made a whole bunch of quite wonderful, absurd declarations, such as ordering the North and South to cease hostilities during the civil war, attempting to impose martial law on congress, and exiling all stray cats from San Fransisco. Surprisingly (or maybe not, if you know San Franciscans, I have no idea), he was often humoured by locals, even issuing his own currency which was honoured in many local establishments.

 

[Mark Young]

History is filled with nutty nuts, but which nutty nut is the nuttiest?

Edit: You must also explain why.

You need to clarify what you mean by nutty a bit more.

Hitler is the most obvious recent nut who did the most damage. But what about that old lady down the road that collects rubbish? Or the devil that turns up at every Tour de France?

 

[Darkstyx]

Vlad III the Impaler aka Dracula?
Quite interesting methods of early purges. Although many of the myths of the time and contemporary accounts are fictional, there is no doubt he caused a bit of havoc in Wallachia.

 

[Kraznaya]

The Last King of Scotland.

 

[Dachs]

Roman emperor Nero, total syco for all the obivious reasons.

Yeah that psycho, what a jerk. Hatin' on the aristocracy and all.

He wasn't as bad as 'they' say.

 

[Sharwood]

Yeah that psycho, what a jerk. Hatin' on the aristocracy and all.

He wasn't as bad as 'they' say.

Nor was his rapine, incestuous son.

For sheer nuttery I think I'll have to go with Norton myself. Idi Amin couldn't have been too nutty, he managed to actually gain power, whereas Norton never did. Although Amin was undoubtedly the nuttiest man of the 20th century.

 

[Dachs]

Nor was his rapine, incestuous son.

Nero didn't have a son.

 

[Sharwood]

Nero didn't have a son.

A thousand apologies, for some bizarre reason I wrote son in this thread, and predecessor in a thread on my uni website about something entirely different. I meant Caligula, who JonathanStrange mentioned. That'll teach me to finish writing a comment before starting to write something else.

 

[RedRalph]

Suggs McPherson

 

[_random_]

Was Caligula as nuts as he's said to have been?

Not really. The whole "making his horse a senator" incident was just to prove a point. He was completely sane, but saner than most people think.