I still like the one (Three Stooges) where he’s asked what he wants for his final meal. Since it was early fall, he requested fresh strawberries. The executioner said they won’t be in season until spring….“I’ll wait” was the reply.
Two brothers coming to be executed once for some enormous crime, the eldest was turned off first, without speaking one word; the other mounting the ladder, began to harangue the crowd, whose ears were attentively open to hear him, expecting some confession from him. Good people, says he, my brother hangs before my face, and you see what a lamentable spectacle he makes; in a few moments I shall be turned off too, and then you will see a pair of spectacles.
josh_bisbee over 9 years ago
I believe the Statue of Limitations just prevents the case going to court after too much time has passed.
gimmickgenius over 9 years ago
Just his luck, trying to hang Noah Webster.
gaslightguy over 9 years ago
Filibuster, anyone?
jppjr over 9 years ago
I still like the one (Three Stooges) where he’s asked what he wants for his final meal. Since it was early fall, he requested fresh strawberries. The executioner said they won’t be in season until spring….“I’ll wait” was the reply.
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
This might take some time…
John W Kennedy Premium Member over 9 years ago
Two brothers coming to be executed once for some enormous crime, the eldest was turned off first, without speaking one word; the other mounting the ladder, began to harangue the crowd, whose ears were attentively open to hear him, expecting some confession from him. Good people, says he, my brother hangs before my face, and you see what a lamentable spectacle he makes; in a few moments I shall be turned off too, and then you will see a pair of spectacles.
—Joe Miller’s Joke Book, 1739
Phil (full phname Philip Philop) over 7 years ago
Ten trillion bottles of beer on the wall….