[Uncyclopedia-l] #2 Article of 2005: -- The Oldest Trick in the Book --

[Katie (keitei)]

The Oldest Trick in the Book is the infamous "Tapping on a person's
left shoulder when you're standing on their right." This trick was
first chronicled in cuneiform by the Ancient Sumerians, who lived on
the windswept steppes of Mesopotamia. This chronicalisation also
created "The Book" itself. In this article, we will chronologically
summarise, from oldest to newest, the tricks in The Book.
Around 10,000 B.C.(I think - I could be wrong) the Babylonian king,
Hammurabi, reigned supreme over the Mess o' potamian desserts. When
Hammurabi wished to bring levity to any given situation, he would
stand on a person's right, and reach over and tap that person on the
left shoulder. As a result, the victim would invariably look to his
left, where no one was standing; all would laugh, as decreed by law,
or else Hammurabi would stone them to death. Immensely proud of his
ingenuity, Hammurabi ordered these endeavours to be recorded in
cuneiform on a single clay tablet. This tablet was the first page in a
small 'tricks' archive, which would later become 'The Book'.

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