Two students from different parts of the U.S. were sitting in a hallway at Ohio University, just a few feet away from me, some 30 years ago. Knowing that they were facing a long wait the male asked, "Want to play hangman?"
The girl answered, "I don't know how to play hangman, but I'll play hang the butcher with you." Then she drew a series of lines in her notebook for the letters, and a stick figure gallows for the rather macabre guessing game that is called hangman in some states and hang the butcher in others.