# Back to the drawing board...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/219821>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 18, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/219821 "2003-12-18T19:08:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/219821/1 "2003-12-18T19:08:48Z")

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[From the BBC](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3328519.stm):

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> A traditional healer in Nigeria has died after an anti-bullet charm he prepared failed a potency test…The herbalist reportedly tied the charm round his neck and asked his client to shoot him to test its efficacy.

I beleive that he is a collateral descendant of Wile E. Coyote, but I may be mistaken… 😃

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/219821/2 "2003-12-18T19:15:16Z")

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Whoa!

Good thing I’m not wearing the “shoot the apple off my head” charm today. . .

Tripler  
Please, don’t shoot at me.

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**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-drawing-board/219821/3 "2003-12-18T19:18:18Z")

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_Note to self: better take that anti-rent-paying charm to Nweke for servicing right away._