In the 1st Century The Roman Emperor Caligula began to refer to himself as a living god with divine powers and he claimed visions beyond those of mere mortals. He even promoted the idea that sea-shells were Neptune’s treasure and he had chest-loads of shells shipped from the coast of France back to Rome to show off his newly acquired 'wealth'.
Becoming more isolated he took steps to appoint his favourite horse Incitatus as a Senator with the implication that a horse could easily perform the complex duties required of a Roman politician with the added bonus that Incitatus would be totally amenable to his wishes (rather than the Senate who had been in open revolt against him).
Just saying...................
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Douche didn't even wait six months to sack CP.
The argument, that he wasn't crazy goes along the lines of something like this:
The sea-shell thing was a direct rebuke to his legions, who were demanding a Triumph for an abortive campaign, and associated bonus, without actually having conquered anything (the previous benchmark for such things) - the equivalent of bankers getting fat bonuses for losing money,
which would never happen.The horse being made a Senator was, similarly, an insult to the Senate for playing silly buggers politically.
Unfortunately for Caligula, neither the army nor the Senate were particularly forgiving, though very willing to bury the hatchet (or at least the dagger/sword)...
The Shareholder, on the other hand, is a f***wit.
N.B. I know that I am using a very technical term, and I apologise in advance if anyone might have difficulties grasping the concept, having gazed in both sympathy and horror at the poor, broken creature shown on the OS last week. It's so sad to see one of the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz reduced to such a state in his dotage (though it does explain the relationship with KM).