“My dear Mr. Bond! You just fell for the oldest trick in the book”
So this Brain Bubble popped: Just what is the oldest trick in the book? You know how the villains always say, “Ah ha, Mr. Bond! You just fell for the oldest trick in the book!” Admittedly, your smarter, better educated villains say, “Ah ha, you just fell for one of the oldest tricks in the book,” and that lets them off the hook.
But there can be only one oldest, so just what is the oldest trick in the book? Is it the one with two porcupines, a duck’s egg and a large jar of marmalade? I know that’s a really old trick, but I’m not sure it’s the oldest. They say that prostitution is the oldest profession,.. is there any connection there?
How’s that for short? Totally above the fold!
December 15th, 2013 at 11:37 pm
Hey! Where’s the rest of the post??
As for the oldest trick in the book:
The Shoulder Tap
In the year 10580 B.C.E. the Babylonian king, Hammurabi, reigned supreme over the Mesopotamian deserts. On February 30, during a long speech by Irhemhotep, he stood on Shamadad’s right, and reached over and tapped him on the left shoulder. As a result, Shamadad looked to his left, where no one was standing. All would laugh, as decreed by law, or else be condemned to read Oscar Wilde quotes everywhere. Immensely proud of his ingenuity, Hammurabi ordered these endeavours to be recorded in cuneiform on a clay tablet. This tablet was the first page in a small ‘tricks’ archive, which would later become ‘The Book’.
Check this link out for the 2nd, 3rd and more oldest tricks http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Oldest_Trick_in_the_Book
December 16th, 2013 at 8:20 am
Ha, I think your comment is almost longer than my post! 😀
Now I know, thanks! (I did not realize “Your shoe is untied” goes back to 50 B.C.!)
Hey,… wait a minute…. “Oscar Wilde quotes”??
December 16th, 2013 at 10:45 am
haha I was shooting to have a longer comment than you post but I just don’t have it in me. 😉
December 16th, 2013 at 2:48 pm
Ah, Lady Di! You’re a woman of great compassion and soul! No matter if you’re also a woman of few words (or wyrds)! 😀
December 16th, 2013 at 10:13 pm
ahh but each word, even if only a few, come with a punch!
December 17th, 2013 at 10:04 am
Hawaiian, Fruit or Hole? 😐
December 17th, 2013 at 10:08 am
as in pack a punch! 😉
December 17th, 2013 at 1:22 pm
Yes, but are you packing a Hawaiian,…
Oh, never mind, we’re getting waaaay too silly here! I’m think I’m getting punchy… season will do that to me!
December 17th, 2013 at 1:31 pm
🙂 !
December 17th, 2013 at 1:41 pm
Ah, well, there it is demonstrated! The smile is your loving soul, the exclamation mark is your punch!