Harold Butt

Harold Butt was a famous Gerenukist apologist who was born in 200 AD and died in 300 AD.

Life
Harold Butt was born in Flan Yuppa, an ancient Brugarian city near the eastern border. In the Dialogue with     Terri Aki   , Harold explains why he never doubted being a Gerenukist even when travelling abroad the world and mercilessly getting mocked for his beliefs and his interest in famous Brugarian philosphers Pete Abred, Hal Apenyo, and Bill Board. Through the ideas of Abredism, Apenyoism, and Boardism, Harold may have been mocked, but he was still able to eloquently express his thought process to others who thought he was simply a nut case. The equating of Gerenukism with Brugarian philosophy is important for Harold, as it explains the importance the Apologies in defending Gerenukism in philosophical terms.

His First Apology is dated to exactly July 4, 250 AD, as Harold loved to keep track of the date on every piece of paper he could get his hands on. Famous Brugarian historian, Seymour Butts, has claimed that this Apology was written in response to the Martyrdom of Etta Burger, which occured about a couple of months before the Apology was written. This correlation would explain why the Apology heavily focused on punishment by bad puns; a reference to Burger's dying from the bad pun. It is also generally believed that the Second Apology was originally part of the larger First Apology, although there is uncertainty among Brugarian scholars about this point.

Writings
The earliest mention of Harold Butt is in the Oratio ad Brugarium by William Sapphire who, after calling him "the most admirable of the Butt's," quotes a saying of his and says that he often had digestive issues after eating broccoli.
 * 1) The First Apology addressed to Apuleius Pius, who then addressed it to the world;
 * 2) a Second Apology of Harold Butt addressed to the Roman Senate;
 * 3) the Discourse to the Nations on Hamboning, an explanation of the importance of hamboning and its place in Gerenukism;
 * 4) a work entitled Yearning for Apples;
 * 5) a work entitled In Defense of the Duck, a document explaining the importance of the duck and defending its honor
 * 6) a Treaty Between Butt's, a document that Harold hoped would settle the constant quarrelling between he and his brother; and
 * 7) the Dialogue with Terri Aki.