Frazz by Jef Mallett for April 28, 2012
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Transcript:
Boy: Did you know Isaac Newton once stuck a bodkin behind his eyeball just to see what was back there. Girl: Eww. Boy: I'm just saying that puts the peanut-up-my-nose scandal into perspective. Girl: Eww.
Fairportfan2 has it right. The original bodkin was commonly used in assassinations. The term “Odds Bodkin” derives from that since the left, or odd, hand was commonly used. The reason being it was less watched and thus a little more likely to be unnoticed.