Blair does "I'm cutting your head" routine from Kids in the Hall

[loupaulsen at attbi.com]

Reuters, March 25: British prime minister Tony Blair surprised Labour Party 
MPs and journalists by making a scissors motion with thumb and forefinger in 
the direction of former House of Commons leader Robin Cook and muttering "I'm 
cutting your head! I'm cutting your head!" in a high-pitched, rasping voice.

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"We haven't cut off the heads of dissenters in this country since the days of 
the Star Chamber," a visibly shaken Cook complained to reporters.

Blair later explained that his gesture had been meant satirically.

"I take it that Mr. Cook has never seen that fine American television 
show, 'The Kids in the Hall'."

"In one particular comedic sketch, a man goes about peering at persons at 
random between his extended thumb and forefinger, and pinches them together 
while declaring, 'I'm cutting your head.'  He does not actually cut anyone's 
head off or injure these persons in any way.  I very much regret any anxiety 
the Honourable Member may have experienced."