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Today's OneWord: Emperor

"Did you know there was a guy who declared himself the Emperor of the United States?" said Otto as we sat down at the corner table in our favorite pub. "Name was Joshua Norton. He tried to make a fortune on rice and blew it." "Doesn't sound like a bad idea," remarked Sandy. "Not the losing money over rice, mind you. The emperor part." "I don't know, man..." Francis murmured into his pint of stout. "Hey, I'm down. The guy's funeral was attended by over thirty thousand people in San Francisco."