POSSIBLE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR PETRARCH DISCOVERED
Apparently, he had somebody else's head.
(Thanks to Steve)
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"Our only hope now is to make an appeal in the hope that someone who is the descendant of the thief might return it anonymously,"
That's one hell of a family heirloom!
Posted by: Lee | April 22, 2004 at 12:26 PM
My great-great-great - . . . - great grandfather stole the skull in 1375. It's currently sitting in my mother's china cabinent next to the punch bowl. She uses it to hold toothpicks.
Posted by: Boo Augustus | April 22, 2004 at 12:27 PM
In his will, your grandfather is leaving you $10,000, his favorite golf clubs, oh, and Petrarch's cranium.
Posted by: Lee | April 22, 2004 at 12:29 PM
I knew somebody would stick their neck out.
Posted by: BarryFS | April 22, 2004 at 12:33 PM
Vito and the Terribile Wiel Marin wbagnfarb.
Posted by: Mrs. Bruce | April 22, 2004 at 12:34 PM
Key quote: "Think of all the craniums in the world - where would we look?"
Posted by: Kristen | April 22, 2004 at 12:38 PM
He's 700 years old. Who cares?
Posted by: Lmd33 | April 22, 2004 at 12:43 PM
Vito cares. And when Vito cares, people start looking for heads, you know what I mean?
Posted by: Mrs. Bruce | April 22, 2004 at 12:45 PM
How exactly would you keep toothpicks in a skull?
Posted by: MeL | April 22, 2004 at 12:50 PM
Well, actually part of the neck is still attached, Punky. It makes a nice stem. Great as a center piece on the cheese tray.
Posted by: Boo Augustus | April 22, 2004 at 12:52 PM
Petrarch's Cranium most definetly wbagnfarb.
I know where an old Ukrainian is, will that help?
Posted by: BMX3 | April 22, 2004 at 12:53 PM
A little hot glue and a styrofoam. Of course, newer skulls have fewer gaps and holes. For instance, the infamous pirate Black Beard's skull is used as a chalice by the Dare County Junior League in NC.
Posted by: Boo Augustus | April 22, 2004 at 12:55 PM
Ahh...I see.
Posted by: MeL | April 22, 2004 at 12:57 PM
Maybe he was just a cross dresser? That would explain the long hair and makeup. Okay, so he had a woman's head. Is that so wrong? As Robert (PSYCHO) Bloch used to tell visitors: "I have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk."
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | April 22, 2004 at 03:01 PM
Has it occured to anyone that this guy might not have had a head? Many accountants and politicians function without any of the organs a head is equipped with.
Posted by: BarryFS | April 22, 2004 at 03:10 PM
Wow, after he died he still got a little.....
never mind...let's keep this a family blog.
*tucks his dirty thoughts away...and slams the door on them*
Posted by: Graz | April 22, 2004 at 07:17 PM
I they hadn't chopped his head off he would probably still be alive today
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | April 23, 2004 at 09:09 AM
Don't poets and artists often lose their head?
Posted by: BarryFS | April 23, 2004 at 10:06 AM
Swapping bodies wbagnfarb
Posted by: alex | April 24, 2004 at 06:37 AM
...er...61. whatever.
Posted by: alex | April 24, 2004 at 06:46 AM