Wizard of Id Classics by Parker and Hart for October 05, 2023

A close shave

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

I’ve heard of that before, I’m pretty sure it’s just a myth!

If it had been a woman on the block, it would have been an episode of “Missed ’Er ’Ead”.

Cures your headache if nothing else. A pain in the neck to take though……

Hey, bring that guy Mulligan here……

(Spoiler Alert) If you’ve never seen The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), there’s an aborted execution scene where the executioner stops his blade just before decapitation and lops of the Baron’s tiny pig tail. Incidentally, this is one of the best Terry Gilliam movies ever!

It was a ‘stroke’ of bad luck for the condemned.

Thought y’al’d like to know…

“Where does saying take a mulligan come from?Lambert Country Club in Montreal, Quebec, Canada during the 1920s. Mulligan let it rip off the tee one day, wasn’t happy with the results, re-teed, and hit again. According to the story, he called it a “correction shot,” but his golfing buddies thought a better name was needed and dubbed it a “mulligan.”

So he lost his head after all…

Thank you for explaining.

What a kind hearted wretch.

From an article in the Smithsonian magazine: “In 1541, an inexperienced axman butchered Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, taking upward of ten blows to dispatch the elderly noblewoman. Four decades later, Mary, Queen of Scots—executed on the orders of her cousin Elizabeth I—required three strikes of the ax before she lost her head.”