Thank you, Ed, for choosing me as the Winner of WOW!

Are you ready, Members, for, �WOW� --- the �Word of the Weekend�?

What does the expression: �Heads or Tails� mean?

Who would you use it?

Where?

When?

Why?

How?

Moreover, what does: �I can�t make Head nor Tail of it!� mean?

What are they talking about?  �Head�?  �Tail?�

Yes!  I am aware that all native English Speakers understand the expression.  I also know that everyone who has the English �IDIOM� qualification --- �International Diploma for Interpreting Obscure Meanings� --- can give us the correct definition in under 3 nanoseconds.

But we don�t want the correct definition!

Didactics demands droll, daft, dopey descriptions.

We need zany resolutions which zealously ooze whiz.  We desire zillions of dozy, crazy, snazzy, bizarre, king-size, quizzical, razzmatazz resolutions.  So, there isn�t time to snooze, doze, or zizz!

If you include inane, idiotic, or infantile illustrations --- fantabuloso!  

When the Winner is announced, you will discover the meanings of these phrases.

All the Best!

Les

Heads or tails is a worst-case scenario when a conductor of the orchestra forgets to put on his tails   that generally keeps him upright and helps to unify the performers. The performers in that case have got nothing to do as to bow their heads and pray no to look at the Mr. Conductor since his movements are very unusual. Free from a restraining tailscoat, a conductor bends over backwards to �communicate � with the performers by tickling their noses, tapping on their heads and sometimes whispering something in their ears. That artistic directions are alien for the musicians and they christened that conducting "heads or tails" meaning who wins-- the conductor with his "eccentric behavior � � or the performers just playing on their own chanting their well-made rhythmic prayer and thus preventing the perfomance from being a flop.