“To get ahead” should not be confused with “to get a head,” but there are jokes. “To get ahead in this world, you’d probably have to decapitate someone” was posted on Twitter by Dean John Morris on June 24, 2010. “The best way to get ahead in life is to decapitate someone” was posted on Twitter by ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ on February 13, 2016.
“The only way to get ahead is to decapitate someone” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on October 9, 2020.
Somewhat related sayings are “If you want to get ahead, get a hat” and “Why did the headless horseman go into business?”/“He wanted to get a head in life.”
Twitter
Dean John Morris
@djm19
To get ahead in this world, you’d probably have to decapitate someone.
9:43 PM · Jun 24, 2010·Twitter SMS
Twitter
Evan
@evofck
one way to get ahead is to decapitate someone. Shit. That’s not even clever.
3:55 PM · Jun 14, 2011·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Lareesa Jackson McMonigle
@elReesa
@jelojesi :: “Sometimes the best way to get ahead in life is to decapitate someone.”
#wordstoliveby #orratherdie #realquotes
11:22 PM · May 7, 2013·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
ITweetTall
@YesItsReggie
Sometimes the only way to get ahead is to decapitate a nigga
12:14 PM · Sep 17, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ
@myroyalgayness
the best way to get ahead in life is to decapitate someone
10:43 PM · Feb 13, 2016·Twitter Web Client
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/dskutnik October 9, 2020
The only way to get ahead is to decapitate someone
Twitter
Kids and life hacks
@guys_and
The only way to get ahead is to decapitate someone
3:25 AM · Oct 9, 2020·IFTTT
Twitter
Something of the Day
@lgst_something
The only way to get ahead is to decapitate someone.
6:38 AM · Oct 9, 2020·Twitter Web App
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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