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Apr. 11th, 2013 09:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
As You Know, by Nick LantzAs you know, the human head is the most commonly stolen body part. As you know, honey does not spoil, and for this reason it was used to embalm the bodies of kings. As you know, dogs were also convicted of witchcraft and burned at the stake. So were chickens, fish, and a few trees. As you know, some worms, if sufficiently starved, will eat their own bodies. As you know, during the Cat Festival in Ypres, effigies of cats are thrown from a belfry tower (live cats were thrown until 1817). Revelers, dressed as cats and witches, dance in the street. As you know, this is the only event of interest ever to occur in Ypres. As you know, an amputee may feel his missing limb moving of its own accord. As you know, the word gift in German means poison. As you know, a crow, finding three torn pieces of candy wrapper in the parking lot, will inspect each piece only once and then fly away. As you know, a seagull will return again and again to each scrap, always expecting to find the missing food. As you know, at over 300 years old the Endicott Pear Tree in Danvers, Massachusetts is the oldest fruit-bearing tree in North America. It has survived four hurricanes and grew back when vandals cut off its trunk six feet above the ground. As you know, its pears are said to lack sweetness.