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Word: doorpost (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...murder by the wailing widows and orphans of the dead. While the audience screams for his head, the terrified stranger is forced to draw back the blanket covering the corpses-and discovers that his "victims" were nothing more than three inflated wineskins that had been tied to his doorpost. Everyone but the stranger has a good chuckle as he learns that he has been the butt of the town's annual Festival of Laughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 6/4/1956 | See Source »

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