Knock on Wood

[Alice Faber]

Mark A Mandel said:
>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.

Or, perhaps, that you're a blockhead!
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