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Dagger

Equal parts of; Tequila, Dark Creme de Cocao, Peppermint Schnapps

Layer in a Pony or Shot glass

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A particularly cheap brand of cologne, with a scent that can be described as Eau de Hobo.

Imagine; sometime during high school, 5 teenage boys having a sleepover in a windowless basement. It's summer, it's hot, and there are fans blowing everywhere. I swear this is not pornographic.

Someone is lying on the top bunk, reaches into the ceiling -- apparently, a tile was missing -- and pulls out a clock. Hilarity ensues. He continues to pull stuff out of the ceiling, including a bottle of Brut aftershave, and, finally, a rather well-aged bottle of some cologne called Dagger.

Upon opening the Dagger, we realize that it reeks. Horribly. The stench is some awful combination of cheap alcohol, cigarettes, and B.O. Someone gets the bright idea to assault others with it. Somehow, splashes get thrown into the fans and blown all around the room.

By this time, the host is locked safely in his room, as he has to wake up early for work.

Morning comes -- or, at least, the time of morning when responsible people go to work -- and those of us responsible for the hobo stench are awakened by a shriek.

"Jesus freaking shit, what the fuck is that smell?"

That's Dagger.

A typographic symbol and HTML entity, the dagger, like the double dagger, was originally intended as a reference mark for footnoting. In European typography, the dagger is commonly used as a sign of mortality to mark the death of, or names of dead people. In Lexicography, daggers are used to mark obsolete forms. For the editing of classical texts, the dagger is used to mark passages judged to be corrupt.*

To create a dagger with HTML, you can use any one of the following:

• † (†)
• † (†)
• † (†)

Unfortunately, there can not be a † (†) node on E2 because the ‡ (‡) node was created first. Since these two symbols are only distinguished by case, the double dagger node prevents the creation of the named entity † node. However, both numeric methods of creating a † node will work. Which of these nodes should be the official † node? † or †

Other names for the dagger are obelisk, obelus or long cross.

* portions from The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst

Dag"ger (?), n. [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See Dag a dagger.]

1.

A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.

2. Print.

A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [ † ]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk.

Dagger moth Zool., any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larvae are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc. -- Dagger of lath, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. Shak. -- Double dagger, a mark of reference [ ‡ ] which comes next in order after the dagger. -- To look, ∨ speak, daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully.

 

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Dag"ger, v. t.

To pierce with a dagger; to stab.

[Obs.]

 

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Dag"ger, n. [Perh. from diagonal.]

A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.

Knight.

 

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