Today’s WOTD – 15 October 2012

dido
[dahy-doh]
noun
plural didos, didoes. Usually, didos, didoes. Informal .
1. a mischievous trick; prank; antic.
2. a bauble or trifle.

For example:

‘I looked for stories about Frank Dunning and his famous bad temper, but found none; if he had ever been arrested, the story hadn’t made it into the newspaper’s Police Beat column, which was good-sized on most days and usually expanded to a full page on Mondays, when it contained a full summary of the weekend’s didoes (most of which had happened after the bars closed).’

– from the Stephen King novel, ‘11.22.63‘

Today’s aphorism

‘ … ’cause a man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun’.

– Don Hensley, The Eagles, from the song ‘Gimme What You Got‘.

On this day

15 October 1917 – death of Mata Hari, (born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle), Dutch dancer, courtesan and spy. She was charged with espionage and executed by firing squad in France, after being accused of spying for Germany during World War I.