A “practical joker” deserves applause for his wit according to its quality.
Bastinado is about right. For exceptional wit one might grant keelhauling.
But staking him out on an anthill should be reserved for the very wittiest.
LAZARUS LONG
My brother-in-law was on his bicycle and hit by a car. He survived the broken leg, contused lung and broken ribs but landed on a cactus growing on an ant hill. It was the latter that just about did him in.
Topeka is very funny. They’re liberals but they’re funny.