Knock on Wood

[Mark A Mandel]

On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:

#I tell the kids that "knocking on wood" is just a superstition: you can
#knock on anything handy ... I use my knuckle and my head usually.

I do too, but I've always taken it as a joke: I'm knocking on my
(wooden) head.

-- Mark M.