I believe her story, don’t you? She was paring an apple in bed and began tickling her husband with the knife before he sat up abruptly and the knife sank into his abdomen.
Singleton Argus 6 Mar 1950 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82704004
This husband was a pretty naive sort I think. If I took a sharp knife into the boudoir and started paring an apple the Man would probably make a speedy exit, convinced I was looking for an excuse to ‘accidentally’ plunge the blade into him too!
I wonder how many times the words “playfully started to tickle” and “with the point of the knife” have been used in the same sentence? Not often I suspect.
After I did the draft of this post I found this news article on the Herald-Sun website and just had to add it in.
A Thai senator shot his ex-wife by accident with a gun he had on the table during dinner. Yeah, right… ‘accidentally shot’ and ‘ex-wife’ in the same sentence…. uh huh….
Buried words and Bushwa. 
If I even see an apple in the bedroom in future I’m running away from home.
I read this to the Man and he was of much the same mind. I waved a knife at him and he didn’t laugh at all. Funny, that…… 😉
I’m completely shocked! Didn’t she know that all the vitamins are in the skin of the apple?
Ahem… After reading this article I went straight to the kitchen and had a look at all my paring knives. I discovered that not only are all of them too short to do much damage, unless cunningly inserted into a vital organ but most don’t have a tip sharp enough. Now I admit that if someone sat up suddenly the force might be powerful enough to push said knife into said flesh but only if I, as the holder of the knife, were keeping it rock steady with both hands.
I wonder how she sharpened that knife to get it just right?
I wonder if she took a run up from the door to get the right amount of force behind it? It must have been a hell of an apple to need a knife that was big enough to reach a vital organ.
P.S. The Man doesn’t say “you know the fastest way to a man’s heart” anymore, as I always answer with “Yes, up and under the ribcage”. I think he might be a little scared of me…..
lmao – has he hidden all the kitchen knives yet?
He knows better than to mess with them.They obey only me…. 😉 He just stays well away from me when I am armed. Or when he suspects I might be armed….
You have him trained well Obi-wan-Metan :p
This is one of those situations that make me think of the phrase…. “accidentally on purpose.”
You’re not wrong. I wonder how long she was planning it before she started ‘paring her apple’.
Wow… Playful tickling with the point of a knife… I must remember that one!
You are so busted now… you will have to think of something else 😉
Great post. I enjoy your humour.
Thank you. I just love finding these gems in the old newspapers.