In Shakespeare's King Richard III the English monarch memorably shouts out "Off with his head!!" in the Tower of London after accusing former ally Lord Hastings of plotting to destroy him, a cry which finds its mate in modern times in the crazed screeching of Lewis Carroll's Red Queen.
Tag: Monty Python
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Hey, You Trademarked My Marathon!
What I'm really a fan of, though, are the quirky marathons with even quirkier names -- the Twisted Ankle Trail Marathon™, the Wild Wild West Marathon™, the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon™, the Lost Dutchman Marathon™, Humpy's Classic™, and the ever-popular (but not very populated) Extraterrestrial Full Moon Midnight Marathon™