# A bad, bad, bad headcase, (A scary tallish tale) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 16, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910 "2020-05-16T08:45:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/41 "2020-05-21T14:02:28Z")
“Gone but not forgotten” I’ve used that phrase, occasionally, in the restroom. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/42 "2020-05-21T14:32:56Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > He was a kind, considerate son. He put up a marker! > > He should have written something on the marker, though. > > “Here, I sit, brokenhearted…” > ~VOW “…Mom’s head’s in the crapper, from her body it’s parted.” ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/43 "2020-05-21T15:36:32Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > “…Mom’s head’s in the crapper, > from her body it’s parted.” The P in P-man stands for poet, right? ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/44 "2020-05-21T15:53:28Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > The P in P-man stands for poet, right? > ~VOW It stands for whatever folks want it to stand for; that can change from day to day. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/45 "2020-05-21T16:21:01Z")
\*Here I sit, brokenhearted …Moms head’s in the crapper From her body it’s been parted In fear the Law would map her, I tore down the house of Privy\*… ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/46 "2020-05-21T22:08:28Z")
Here I sit, brokenhearted Mom’s head from her body is parted. I put it down the crapper hole God have mercy on her soul. Will the law come after me? Quick, tear down the old privy! Never more will Mom be found Til Beckdawrek’s nosing around. Great story, Beck! Creepy and poetically inspiring! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/47 "2020-05-21T22:35:36Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/48 "2020-05-22T00:51:34Z")
I hope you realize this means that you are never going to get me to step foot on your land. I don’t have no truck with dead folk. Well, not the wet ones. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/49 "2020-05-22T00:54:54Z")
Oh, Dropzone, ol’Ma French is not there anymore. I promise. The Sheriff took her head away. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/50 "2020-05-22T02:17:14Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh, Dropzone, ol’Ma French is not there anymore. I promise. > The Sheriff took her head away. What did he do with it? That sounds like a great artifact for the county courthouse. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/51 "2020-05-22T02:20:22Z")
I sent this to my youngest, who’s a screenwriting major. Of course you’d get a big cut if he made it into a blockbuster. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/52 "2020-05-22T02:33:32Z")
Daughters want to know if you leave offerings for Ma Frenchy. Their own mother was a witchy woman who knew things. All I know is to split a beer with her once a year. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/53 "2020-05-22T02:44:15Z")
**P-man** , I don’t know what became of the head and the denture. I wanted to keep them. But they all just laughed when I asked for them. Shoot, yeah. Tell your writer I have stories to sell! \*\*Dropzone \*\*, tell the girls i do offer a moment of silence everytime I look at the stone marker. Maybe I’ll start leaving an offering. Maybe a penny on the stone every now and again. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/54 "2020-05-22T03:26:42Z")
And now we know why the toilet is called “the head.” Thanks for the warning, Beck, but I couldn’t stop reading. Buckets of suspense with a satisfying conclusion: good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910/55 "2020-05-22T04:34:50Z")
**nellie** , you clever girl! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-bad-bad-headcase-a-scary-tallish-tale/853910.md?page=2)