BarfBadge Granted: Blake Cates

Blake Cates writes:

"Nigel,

I am submitting Gregory Runcic for the Older Than That Barfbadge.

I believe that he was born on January 22nd, 1869 and his true name is Grigori Rasputin, the so-called Mad Monk that was directly responsible for the fall of the Czars of Russia.

Rasputin survived his numerous assassination attempts, including being poisoned, shot, clubbed, and drowned. He later changed his name to Runcic as a joke about being poisoned and continuing to run. (Runcic = Run sick).

 Thanks Nigel!

-Blake Cates"

Now that's my kind of BarfBadge submission. Nice! Let's see what we have here. First off, the badge is granted, because Gregory Runcic is, in fact, Older Than That. Now, the photographic evidence above is interesting, but take a second to watch this video that Spaz put together and see what you think...

 

Are Gregory Runcic and Gregori Rasputin actually same person? If I was judging solely by the video evidence I'd be sorely pressed to declare them one in the same. But, luckily I have access to other information that convinces me that they are not the same person.So the true name isn't correct, nor is the age even close, but the submission is so intriguing that I've got to score it 18/25.