I found this recent NPR article on wrestling heel “the liberal progressive” to be uncommonly entertaining. As far as I can tell, deadspin was the first to cover it and the story has been making the rounds since [see also]. Apparently a guy created a professional wrestling persona known as…
Then was the Scold herself, In a wheelbarrow brought, Stripped naked to the smock,As in that case she ought:Neats tongues about her neckWere hung in open show;And thus unto the cucking stoolThis famous scold did go. “In the common law of crime in England and Wales, a common scold was a species…
