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DSW, #40

Leon Trotsky, indefatigable revolutionary; born in Yanovka, 7 November 1879 (presumably Old Style no, actually New Style); murdered in Mexico City, 21 August 1940.

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7 Comments


  1. Debs says:

    Icepick to the head?

    ↓ Quote | Posted 21 August, 2007, 2:38 pm

  2. Chris Brooke says:

    As every year. Poor chap.

    ↓ Quote | Posted 21 August, 2007, 2:58 pm

  3. Michael says:

    He gets an icepick to the head every year? Is this some bizarre ritualistic ceremony?

    ↓ Quote | Posted 21 August, 2007, 7:52 pm

  4. ejh says:

    No, it means every year somebody thinks that’s witty.

    ↓ Quote | Posted 21 August, 2007, 8:08 pm

  5. Debs says:

    I wasn’t making an attempt at wit, I was marvelling at the modus operandi. And there was a little bit of verification in there - I get the murders of Trotsky and Rasputin mixed up all the time, I really don’t know why.

    ↓ Quote | Posted 22 August, 2007, 4:52 pm

  6. ejh says:

    Because they were both the subject of pop songs around thirty years ago?

    ↓ Quote | Posted 22 August, 2007, 8:34 pm

  7. Grill says:

    Or perhaps because they both took fricking ages to die? Trotsky stayed alive with the ice-pick in his head a good 24 hours I seem to remember.

    ↓ Quote | Posted 26 August, 2007, 4:00 pm

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