Showing posts with label Great Omani. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Omani. Show all posts

Monday, October 22, 2007

Graf of the Week: Oh man, Omani

It's only Monday, but I think I've found the paragraph that will beat all comers in the next six days. It comes from the obituary of a famed British "escapologist" in today's London Telegraph:

"The Great Omani could not hold a glass because he was flat on his back with his hnds set in concrete, so the barmaid poured neat rum down his throat. He nearly choked."

Ever wonder what an escape artist's epitaph might say? The Great Omani wrote his own:

They have put the Great Omani in a box
They're using nails instead of locks
But at the funeral, do not despair
There's still a chance Omani won't be there.

Always showing off. R.I.P., Great Omani. R.I.P.

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