Today’s episode of Oh, that Wacky Russian Revolution:
At two o’clock in the morning on March 15, 1917 the Tsar sent word to Petrograd that he was awfully sorry about the war and starvation and everything, but that he had some really good ideas about what they could do now, was looking forward to working with them, believed that healthy debate was a symptom of good government, and so on.
The new government (which had recently moved to Moscow) told him to blow it out his ass.
And so at three o’clock in the afternoon, Nicholas abdicated in favor of his son, Alexei (who had measles).
The new government told him and his son to blow it out their asses.
At 11:15 pm, Nicholas signed a proclamation that both he and his son (who had measles) would abdicate in favor of his brother, the Grand Duke Mikhail.
The next day, the new government told Nicholas, his son (who had measles), and the Grand Duke Mikhail to blow it out their asses. (It seems that they were anally fixated.)
And so it goes
The Haus of Dcaligari 