Today i shall talk about the beloved Benjamin Franklin.

Now, for some dry background information about dear Ben. He is member of the American Constitution, the creator of the 2nd best selling publication in the USA (first was the Bible) for 25 years, which made him one rich boy at the age of 42. Better yet, he was the one who discovered electricity.

So it would appear that Ben is not unlike other pious and stuffed up politicians and constitution members, with the dogged persistence of Einstein, and the poetic madness of Shakespeare. RIght??

Wrong. And very much so.

Benjamin Franklin would have to be the most interesting man ever in existence in the American Constitution. For one thing, despite all the reverence he enjoys right now, Benjamin's presence in the Constitution was actually negligable. At 81, he was the oldest member of the Constitution, where the majority of the members were only in their late 20s and 30s. Which, in this case very much makes him an old nag... his infrequent proposals, such as that of the President of the United States to be denied of a salary, and that the constitutional meetings were to start with a round of prayers, were all enthusiastically rejected.

Ah yes, and (this part i like) boy did mr. franklin have a way with words! Some of the more quotable quotes made by the dear man went like this, "The greatest moarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse." How very thoughtful. And this one is the ultimate -> "He that lives upon hope, dies farting." WHAT???? bahahahahah. Ah i forget myself sometimes. Uh hum, just one more quote, "Relation without friendship, friendship without power, power without will... are not worth a farto." Very discerning, i am sure.

And did you know that the bum is the most neglected and most made-fun of part of the human anatomy, second only to the armpit??

But i digress. Today's topic is about Ben and to Ben we will stick to. For one thing, he has got to be the Constitutional Member with the most dynamic libido ever!! For he himself sheepishly admitted that he has an unwavering inclination to engage in "foolish Intrigues with low Women". Not that i agree much with that reference of women, but anyways. Many a time, people would call on him, only to find him with a particularly willing woman on his knee. =) He also meets up with a certain Sir Francis Dashwood, and between them came up with a revised version of the Book of Common Prayer. However, it is particularly well known that Dashwood ran mass orgies involving women masquerading as nuns. And do you really think that the vastly flamboyant Ben would march stoically every week to Dashwood's party house just to discuss the semantic nuances of the Book of Common Prayer? I should think not.

Did you kno as well that in a rush of petulance or temporary insanity, Benjamin Franklin decided to re-invent the alphabet? Well, he did an awful job, which is why the alphabet remains as it is today. Under his peculiar reforms, the alphabet would include 6 additional letters, and not to mention a whole lot of jumbled-up, totally confusing spellings. "Changes" would be, under his system, be spelt, "tseendsez" and "Chinese" as "Tsuiniiz". In his first letter with the complete adoption of his own creation, has would be pronounced as 'haze' and people as 'pee-peel', which suggests to no end Franklin's own peculiar pronunciation -> which i find particularly endearing for someone of his status.

Finally, who cannot love the spirit of a man who would go out in a lightning to fly to kite???? That aside, he DID discover electricity, and that's what really matters eh?

I hereby declare a huge HIP HIP HURRAY for Mr. Benjamin Franklin, for being the most racy, utterly eccentric American Constitutional member!!!!

HIP HIP HURRAY! =)