I’m gonna leave this here so I can find it in the morning.
This is an excerpt from Old Sparky: History of the electric chair and the death penalty by Anthony Galvin.
What’s the difference between “flaying” and “flogging alive”?
Divine Angel said:
I’m gonna leave this here so I can find it in the morning.This is an excerpt from Old Sparky: History of the electric chair and the death penalty by Anthony Galvin.
What’s the difference between “flaying” and “flogging alive”?
Flaying is skinning someone.
Divine Angel said:
I’m gonna leave this here so I can find it in the morning.This is an excerpt from Old Sparky: History of the electric chair and the death penalty by Anthony Galvin.
What’s the difference between “flaying” and “flogging alive”?
flaying is skinning and flogging is whipping.
Divine Angel said:
I’m gonna leave this here so I can find it in the morning.This is an excerpt from Old Sparky: History of the electric chair and the death penalty by Anthony Galvin.
What’s the difference between “flaying” and “flogging alive”?
flaying can mean skinning. Not necessarily by whip.
I guess precipitation means throwing off a cliff or building, or out of a helicopter?
party_pants said:
Divine Angel said:
I’m gonna leave this here so I can find it in the morning.This is an excerpt from Old Sparky: History of the electric chair and the death penalty by Anthony Galvin.
What’s the difference between “flaying” and “flogging alive”?
flaying can mean skinning. Not necessarily by whip.
I guess precipitation means throwing off a cliff or building, or out of a helicopter?
That would be defenestration.
sibeen said:
party_pants said:
Divine Angel said:
I’m gonna leave this here so I can find it in the morning.This is an excerpt from Old Sparky: History of the electric chair and the death penalty by Anthony Galvin.
What’s the difference between “flaying” and “flogging alive”?
flaying can mean skinning. Not necessarily by whip.
I guess precipitation means throwing off a cliff or building, or out of a helicopter?
That would be defenestration.
Perhaps. I always thought that meant throwing something out of a window specifically, but I am happy to extend it to buildings.
sibeen said:
party_pants said:
Divine Angel said:
I’m gonna leave this here so I can find it in the morning.This is an excerpt from Old Sparky: History of the electric chair and the death penalty by Anthony Galvin.
What’s the difference between “flaying” and “flogging alive”?
flaying can mean skinning. Not necessarily by whip.
I guess precipitation means throwing off a cliff or building, or out of a helicopter?
That would be defenestration.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a25689/gerry-commission-report-methods-of-execution/
Auto da fe (burning to death for heresy)
Beating with clubs
Beheading
Blowing from a cannon
Boiling (“Usually in hot water but sometimes in melted sulfur, lead or the like.”)
Breaking on the wheel
Burning
Burying alive
Crucifixion
Decimation (a military punishment for mutineers)
Dichotomy (cutting a person in half)
Dismemberment (like dichotomy but even messier)
Drowning
Exposure to wild beasts
Flaying
Flogging
Garrote (strangling with a cord)
Guillotine
Hanging
Hari Kari
Impalement
Iron Maiden (A machine in the image of the Virgin Mary equipped with spring loaded knives)
Peine forte et dure (placing heavy weights to stop breathing)
Poisoning
Pounding in a mortar (like it sounds)
Precipitation (throwing from a cliff)
Pressing to death
Rack
Running the gauntlet (being made to walk between two lines of men, each of whom has a club.)
Shooting
Stabbing
Stoning
Strangling
Suffocation
Starving someone to death?
party_pants said:
sibeen said:
party_pants said:flaying can mean skinning. Not necessarily by whip.
I guess precipitation means throwing off a cliff or building, or out of a helicopter?
That would be defenestration.
Perhaps. I always thought that meant throwing something out of a window specifically, but I am happy to extend it to buildings.
That might be lapidate. I learnt that from Viz, Raffles the Gentlemen Thug, “lapidate the illegitimate”.
AwesomeO said:
party_pants said:
sibeen said:That would be defenestration.
Perhaps. I always thought that meant throwing something out of a window specifically, but I am happy to extend it to buildings.
That might be lapidate. I learnt that from Viz, Raffles the Gentlemen Thug, “lapidate the illegitimate”.
I heard the word in a variation of the joke “why did the man man throw his clock out of the window?” (A: he wanted to see the time fly) as a bit more uppity: “why did the man defenestrate his chronograph?”. Probably at just that age as a kid when saying simple things in big words was funny af.
Thanks goodness I don’t know what several of those in the OP are. I prefer painless methods.
The Hemlock given to Socrates in 399 BC was extremely humane, because the plant used was not exactly the same as the one we now call hemlock, but a closely related plant that gives a painless death.
JudgeMental said:
sibeen said:
party_pants said:flaying can mean skinning. Not necessarily by whip.
I guess precipitation means throwing off a cliff or building, or out of a helicopter?
That would be defenestration.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a25689/gerry-commission-report-methods-of-execution/
Auto da fe (burning to death for heresy)
Beating with clubs
Beheading
Blowing from a cannon
Boiling (“Usually in hot water but sometimes in melted sulfur, lead or the like.”)
Breaking on the wheel
Burning
Burying alive
Crucifixion
Decimation (a military punishment for mutineers)
Dichotomy (cutting a person in half)
Dismemberment (like dichotomy but even messier)
Drowning
Exposure to wild beasts
Flaying
Flogging
Garrote (strangling with a cord)
Guillotine
Hanging
Hari Kari
Impalement
Iron Maiden (A machine in the image of the Virgin Mary equipped with spring loaded knives)
Peine forte et dure (placing heavy weights to stop breathing)
Poisoning
Pounding in a mortar (like it sounds)
Precipitation (throwing from a cliff)
Pressing to death
Rack
Running the gauntlet (being made to walk between two lines of men, each of whom has a club.)
Shooting
Stabbing
Stoning
Strangling
Suffocation
An Auto-da-fé is a ritual of public penance, most commonly associated with the Spanish Inquisition. It was usually followed by a punishment dictated by the Inquisition, which did sometimes include immolation.
The term hara-kiri (sometimes hari-kari) translates literally as “belly cutting”, and is considered vulgar by Japanese. The term more accepted by the Japanese for this method of suicide is seppuku.
mollwollfumble said:
Thanks goodness I don’t know what several of those in the OP are. I prefer painless methods.The Hemlock given to Socrates in 399 BC was extremely humane, because the plant used was not exactly the same as the one we now call hemlock, but a closely related plant that gives a painless death.
Socrates lived something like two and a half thousand years ago; I doubt very much that we can be certain of the poison that led to his demise.
shaking to death
dropped from a cliff
birds of prey
acid bath
explosives
electrocution
missile
hand grenade
radio active materials
sharks, piranhas, poisonous jellyfish
thrown into a volcano
nerve gas, other poisonous gases
spider, snake venom
poisonous plants
Frozen to death
Starvation
Dehydration
James Bond movie deaths, painted all over with gold paint, being blown up with compressed air, dying of the bends…
Death by laser beam
Being dragged by a car or horse over rough terrain
Pushed out of an airlock in space
Pirate plank
Tied to a weather balloon and sent 50km into the Stratosphere
Crush compactor
Drug overdose
Tied to a railway line
Tied to a cross
Eaten by maggots
Left in a cage
Death by cannibalism
Death by too much sex
Death from exhaustion
Kim Jong-un got some women to spray his brother in the airport
Tau.Neutrino said:
Kim Jong-un got some women to spray his brother in the airport
Poison.
captain_spalding said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Kim Jong-un got some women to spray his brother in the airportPoison.
ok cross that off
Divine Angel said:
I’m gonna leave this here so I can find it in the morning.
When in Axe Wielding Mutant mode ?
Hmm. Seems flaying doesn’t mean what I thought it meant. I was picturing several whips connected to one handle.
Precipitation is similar to defenestration, but without a window. It means dropping someone from any great height.
The French saying in OP is a medieval method whereby heavy stones are placed on one’s chest until the person cannot breathe, causing death.
Dichotomy is being sawn in half.
Further in this chapter, the author describes the cannon death. Efficient, but bystanders ran the risk of being hit with flying body parts such as liver or stomach. There’s at least one report of someone being concussed after being hit with a flying arm.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
I’m gonna leave this here so I can find it in the morning.When in Axe Wielding Mutant mode ?
Even mutants need to sleep!
It’s hard to pick the best one, there’s some really good ones there.
Peak Warming Man said:
It’s hard to pick the best one, there’s some really good ones there.
have the one that gets the most “likes” from the punters.
I also learned some interesting things about the guillotine. It’s quite an interesting book. It was on sale through Amazon in August so I bought it for about $2.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Old-Sparky-Electric-History-Penalty-ebook/dp/B00YQD9NLE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540247390&sr=8-1&keywords=Old+sparky
more execution possibilities here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Execution_methods
and here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deaths_by_cause
I am not Dr Evil.
Divine Angel said:
I’m gonna leave this here so I can find it in the morning.This is an excerpt from Old Sparky: History of the electric chair and the death penalty by Anthony Galvin.
What’s the difference between “flaying” and “flogging alive”?
What’s “flogging alive”? Is it different from flogging?
Are there people flogging dead people?
Death by snu snu would the nicest method of execution
Cymek said:
Death by snu snu would the nicest method of execution
Not on planet ‘Fabulous’.
Apparently people flog dead horses…
Divine Angel said:
Apparently people flog dead horses…
It’s hard work though.
Who’d want to buy a dead horse?
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
Apparently people flog dead horses…
It’s hard work though.
Who’d want to buy a dead horse?
Hungry Hungarians.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
Apparently people flog dead horses…
It’s hard work though.
Who’d want to buy a dead horse?
Maybe it had good teeth.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
Apparently people flog dead horses…
It’s hard work though.
Who’d want to buy a dead horse?
Would be a big effort especially by hand
The USA probably needs to find a better method of execution besides those unreliable drug cocktails, being mostly black people they could just get the police to “accidently” shoot them.
Cymek said:
The USA probably needs to find a better method of execution besides those unreliable drug cocktails, being mostly black people they could just get the police to “accidently” shoot them.
They make good helicopters over there. 1000 feet up, quick-release shackle. Done and dusted.
Cymek said:
The USA probably needs to find a better method of execution besides those unreliable drug cocktails, being mostly black people they could just get the police to “accidently” shoot them.
The drugs were reliable, the supply wasn’t
poikilotherm said:
Cymek said:
The USA probably needs to find a better method of execution besides those unreliable drug cocktails, being mostly black people they could just get the police to “accidently” shoot them.
The drugs were reliable, the supply wasn’t
Bloody moralistic drug companies.
shakes fist
poikilotherm said:
Cymek said:
The USA probably needs to find a better method of execution besides those unreliable drug cocktails, being mostly black people they could just get the police to “accidently” shoot them.
The drugs were reliable, the supply wasn’t
Yes the new ones they are using
Cymek said:
poikilotherm said:
Cymek said:
The USA probably needs to find a better method of execution besides those unreliable drug cocktails, being mostly black people they could just get the police to “accidently” shoot them.
The drugs were reliable, the supply wasn’t
Yes the new ones they are using
Method Total Executions Botched Executions Botched Execution Rate
Hanging 2,721 85 3.12%
Electrocution 4,374 84 1.92%
Lethal Gas 593 32 5.4%
Lethal Injection 1,054 75 7.12%
Firing Squad 34 0 0%
All Methods 8,776 276 3.15%
And the method of delivery causes problems too. A lot of death row inmates have a history of drug use, so their veins are shot which makes lethal injection problematic.
“Botched executions occur when there is a breakdown in, or departure from, the ‘protocol’ for a particular method of execution. The protocol can be established by the norms, expectations, and advertised virtues of each method or by the government’s officially adopted execution guidelines. Botched executions are ‘those involving unanticipated problems or delays that caused, at least arguably, unnecessary agony for the prisoner or that reflect gross incompetence of the executioner.’ Examples of such problems include, among other things, inmates catching fire while being electrocuted, being strangled during hangings (instead of having their necks broken), and being administered the wrong dosages of specific drugs for lethal injections.”
So, it’s more the executioner than the drugs given…
I once read about a person sentenced to death via guillotine. When they lay on the thingy waiting for the blade to drop, the blade got stuck. When they stood up, the blade fell freely. Several attempts later, the accused was released as it was deemed a miracle from God. In reality, it was recent rains that had swelled the wood, and the pressure on the bottom of the structure caused the beams to tighten around the blade so it wouldn’t fall.
poikilotherm said:
Cymek said:
poikilotherm said:The drugs were reliable, the supply wasn’t
Yes the new ones they are using
Method Total Executions Botched Executions Botched Execution Rate
U.S. executions in the period from 1890 to 2010
Hanging 2,721 85 3.12%
Electrocution 4,374 84 1.92%
Lethal Gas 593 32 5.4%
Lethal Injection 1,054 75 7.12%
Firing Squad 34 0 0%
All Methods 8,776 276 3.15%
Now that is interesting.
poikilotherm said:
Cymek said:
poikilotherm said:The drugs were reliable, the supply wasn’t
Yes the new ones they are using
Method Total Executions Botched Executions Botched Execution Rate
U.S. executions in the period from 1890 to 2010
Hanging 2,721 85 3.12%
Electrocution 4,374 84 1.92%
Lethal Gas 593 32 5.4%
Lethal Injection 1,054 75 7.12%
Firing Squad 34 0 0%
All Methods 8,776 276 3.15%
Righto firing squad it is then.
It also allows for good last words like ‘shoot straight ya bastards’ things like that.
Peak Warming Man said:
poikilotherm said:
Cymek said:Yes the new ones they are using
Method Total Executions Botched Executions Botched Execution Rate
U.S. executions in the period from 1890 to 2010
Hanging 2,721 85 3.12%
Electrocution 4,374 84 1.92%
Lethal Gas 593 32 5.4%
Lethal Injection 1,054 75 7.12%
Firing Squad 34 0 0%
All Methods 8,776 276 3.15%Righto firing squad it is then.
It also allows for good last words like ‘shoot straight ya bastards’ things like that.
Doesn’t even need to be people, remote buttons that activate unmanned guns
Cymek said:
Peak Warming Man said:
poikilotherm said:Method Total Executions Botched Executions Botched Execution Rate
U.S. executions in the period from 1890 to 2010
Hanging 2,721 85 3.12%
Electrocution 4,374 84 1.92%
Lethal Gas 593 32 5.4%
Lethal Injection 1,054 75 7.12%
Firing Squad 34 0 0%
All Methods 8,776 276 3.15%Righto firing squad it is then.
It also allows for good last words like ‘shoot straight ya bastards’ things like that.
Doesn’t even need to be people, remote buttons that activate unmanned guns
Mythbusters style – set it up in an old shipping container in the carpark, have someone pull on a string tied to the trigger.
Peak Warming Man said:
poikilotherm said:
Cymek said:Yes the new ones they are using
Method Total Executions Botched Executions Botched Execution Rate
U.S. executions in the period from 1890 to 2010
Hanging 2,721 85 3.12%
Electrocution 4,374 84 1.92%
Lethal Gas 593 32 5.4%
Lethal Injection 1,054 75 7.12%
Firing Squad 34 0 0%
All Methods 8,776 276 3.15%Righto firing squad it is then.
It also allows for good last words like ‘shoot straight ya bastards’ things like that.
Those words may be redundant as according to the figure provided they have been.
Cymek said:
Peak Warming Man said:
poikilotherm said:Method Total Executions Botched Executions Botched Execution Rate
U.S. executions in the period from 1890 to 2010
Hanging 2,721 85 3.12%
Electrocution 4,374 84 1.92%
Lethal Gas 593 32 5.4%
Lethal Injection 1,054 75 7.12%
Firing Squad 34 0 0%
All Methods 8,776 276 3.15%Righto firing squad it is then.
It also allows for good last words like ‘shoot straight ya bastards’ things like that.
Doesn’t even need to be people, remote buttons that activate unmanned guns
the trouble is that it’s not ‘painless’ nor immediate
Divine Angel said:
I once read about a person sentenced to death via guillotine. When they lay on the thingy waiting for the blade to drop, the blade got stuck. When they stood up, the blade fell freely. Several attempts later, the accused was released as it was deemed a miracle from God. In reality, it was recent rains that had swelled the wood, and the pressure on the bottom of the structure caused the beams to tighten around the blade so it wouldn’t fall.
Still a pretty good miracle, by any standards.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
I once read about a person sentenced to death via guillotine. When they lay on the thingy waiting for the blade to drop, the blade got stuck. When they stood up, the blade fell freely. Several attempts later, the accused was released as it was deemed a miracle from God. In reality, it was recent rains that had swelled the wood, and the pressure on the bottom of the structure caused the beams to tighten around the blade so it wouldn’t fall.
Still a pretty good miracle, by any standards.
He was only praying for rain to spite the executioners.
Arts said:
Cymek said:
Peak Warming Man said:Righto firing squad it is then.
It also allows for good last words like ‘shoot straight ya bastards’ things like that.
Doesn’t even need to be people, remote buttons that activate unmanned guns
the trouble is that it’s not ‘painless’ nor immediate
No I was thinking of the people having to do the shooting and how it might affect them.
party_pants said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
I once read about a person sentenced to death via guillotine. When they lay on the thingy waiting for the blade to drop, the blade got stuck. When they stood up, the blade fell freely. Several attempts later, the accused was released as it was deemed a miracle from God. In reality, it was recent rains that had swelled the wood, and the pressure on the bottom of the structure caused the beams to tighten around the blade so it wouldn’t fall.
Still a pretty good miracle, by any standards.
He was only praying for rain to spite the executioners.
there was a similar gallows story that I read when I was researching the history of hangings
Cymek said:
Arts said:
Cymek said:Doesn’t even need to be people, remote buttons that activate unmanned guns
the trouble is that it’s not ‘painless’ nor immediate
No I was thinking of the people having to do the shooting and how it might affect them.
yes I get that.. I believe that they often use blanks bar one or two so no one knows which person was the shooter… but yeah.. just geta machine to do it.. except that it’s not painless or immediate..
to make it painless ad immediate you have to make the condemned all henchmen in a villainous circle that’s trying to take over the world…. because they get taken down with one not well aimed shot and ever get back up.. I can only assume that this is also painless…
Arts said:
Cymek said:
Arts said:the trouble is that it’s not ‘painless’ nor immediate
No I was thinking of the people having to do the shooting and how it might affect them.
yes I get that.. I believe that they often use blanks bar one or two so no one knows which person was the shooter… but yeah.. just geta machine to do it.. except that it’s not painless or immediate..
to make it painless ad immediate you have to make the condemned all henchmen in a villainous circle that’s trying to take over the world…. because they get taken down with one not well aimed shot and ever get back up.. I can only assume that this is also painless…
Normally five shooters and on blank. God knows why they bother as if someone cannot tell the difference between firing a blank and firing a live round, especially of the larger calibers, then they shouldn’t be holding a firearm in the first place.
Arts said:
party_pants said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Still a pretty good miracle, by any standards.
He was only praying for rain to spite the executioners.
there was a similar gallows story that I read when I was researching the history of hangings
I know of two cases of men whose hangings were unsuccessful, with the failures being declared divine intervention: the most famous is John “Babbacombe” Lee, an Englishman convicted of murder and theft, and Joseph Samuels, a convict transported to Australia and one of ten men accused of murder (eight, including Samuels, were convicted) in 1803 in Sydney. For the story of Lee’s case, see The man they couldn’t hang, and for Samuels’ case, see The man who couldn’t be hanged.
btm said:
Arts said:
party_pants said:He was only praying for rain to spite the executioners.
there was a similar gallows story that I read when I was researching the history of hangings
I know of two cases of men whose hangings were unsuccessful, with the failures being declared divine intervention: the most famous is John “Babbacombe” Lee, an Englishman convicted of murder and theft, and Joseph Samuels, a convict transported to Australia and one of ten men accused of murder (eight, including Samuels, were convicted) in 1803 in Sydney. For the story of Lee’s case, see The man they couldn’t hang, and for Samuels’ case, see The man who couldn’t be hanged.
because you referenced I will defer to you.. the book is at home and I clearly did not need to retain this information other than as a party quip. (don’t you love how the brain works?)
sibeen said:
Arts said:
Cymek said:No I was thinking of the people having to do the shooting and how it might affect them.
yes I get that.. I believe that they often use blanks bar one or two so no one knows which person was the shooter… but yeah.. just geta machine to do it.. except that it’s not painless or immediate..
to make it painless ad immediate you have to make the condemned all henchmen in a villainous circle that’s trying to take over the world…. because they get taken down with one not well aimed shot and ever get back up.. I can only assume that this is also painless…
Normally five shooters and on blank. God knows why they bother as if someone cannot tell the difference between firing a blank and firing a live round, especially of the larger calibers, then they shouldn’t be holding a firearm in the first place.
Do you shoot blanks, Beeny Boy?
Woodie said:
sibeen said:
Arts said:yes I get that.. I believe that they often use blanks bar one or two so no one knows which person was the shooter… but yeah.. just geta machine to do it.. except that it’s not painless or immediate..
to make it painless ad immediate you have to make the condemned all henchmen in a villainous circle that’s trying to take over the world…. because they get taken down with one not well aimed shot and ever get back up.. I can only assume that this is also painless…
Normally five shooters and on blank. God knows why they bother as if someone cannot tell the difference between firing a blank and firing a live round, especially of the larger calibers, then they shouldn’t be holding a firearm in the first place.
Do you shoot blanks, Beeny Boy?
LOL
Woodie said:
sibeen said:
Arts said:yes I get that.. I believe that they often use blanks bar one or two so no one knows which person was the shooter… but yeah.. just geta machine to do it.. except that it’s not painless or immediate..
to make it painless ad immediate you have to make the condemned all henchmen in a villainous circle that’s trying to take over the world…. because they get taken down with one not well aimed shot and ever get back up.. I can only assume that this is also painless…
Normally five shooters and on blank. God knows why they bother as if someone cannot tell the difference between firing a blank and firing a live round, especially of the larger calibers, then they shouldn’t be holding a firearm in the first place.
Do you shoot blanks, Beeny Boy?
No idea. 15 years ago I wasn’t.
sibeen said:
Woodie said:
sibeen said:Normally five shooters and on blank. God knows why they bother as if someone cannot tell the difference between firing a blank and firing a live round, especially of the larger calibers, then they shouldn’t be holding a firearm in the first place.
Do you shoot blanks, Beeny Boy?
No idea. 15 years ago I wasn’t.
Probably manopausal now.
sibeen said:
Woodie said:
sibeen said:Normally five shooters and on blank. God knows why they bother as if someone cannot tell the difference between firing a blank and firing a live round, especially of the larger calibers, then they shouldn’t be holding a firearm in the first place.
Do you shoot blanks, Beeny Boy?
No idea. 15 years ago I wasn’t.
Blanks have no recoil, you can easily tell if you’ve fired a blank cartridge.
pommiejohn said:
sibeen said:
Woodie said:Do you shoot blanks, Beeny Boy?
No idea. 15 years ago I wasn’t.
Blanks have no recoil, you can easily tell if you’ve fired a blank cartridge.
I imagine so as no projectile is being expelled
pommiejohn said:
sibeen said:
Woodie said:Do you shoot blanks, Beeny Boy?
No idea. 15 years ago I wasn’t.
Blanks have no recoil, you can easily tell if you’ve fired a blank cartridge.
Err, that’s what I was pointing out.
sibeen said:
pommiejohn said:
sibeen said:No idea. 15 years ago I wasn’t.
Blanks have no recoil, you can easily tell if you’ve fired a blank cartridge.
Err, that’s what I was pointing out.
Yeah, I know, I skipped through some of that :) I’d edit my post if I could.
pommiejohn said:
sibeen said:
pommiejohn said:Blanks have no recoil, you can easily tell if you’ve fired a blank cartridge.
Err, that’s what I was pointing out.
Yeah, I know, I skipped through some of that :) I’d edit my post if I could.
:)
sibeen said:
Woodie said:
sibeen said:Normally five shooters and on blank. God knows why they bother as if someone cannot tell the difference between firing a blank and firing a live round, especially of the larger calibers, then they shouldn’t be holding a firearm in the first place.
Do you shoot blanks, Beeny Boy?
No idea. 15 years ago I wasn’t.
I don’t know why they bother, and logistically it is a bit suss, it involves handing someone a loaded weapon which is generally a no-no, and I am not even sure it is true though of course there are many different jurisdictions. Most shooting executions I have read about haven’t mentioned blank and they wouldn’t be available anyway though I suppose the bullet could be removed prior.
Crucifixions a doddle
bucolic3401 said:
Crucifixions a doddle
Apart from the nine inch nails.
Witty Rejoinder said:
sibeen said:
Woodie said:Do you shoot blanks, Beeny Boy?
No idea. 15 years ago I wasn’t.
Probably manopausal now.
explains everything.
Arts said:
party_pants said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Still a pretty good miracle, by any standards.
He was only praying for rain to spite the executioners.
there was a similar gallows story that I read when I was researching the history of hangings
this thread need some humour…
JudgeMental said:
Arts said:
party_pants said:He was only praying for rain to spite the executioners.
there was a similar gallows story that I read when I was researching the history of hangings
this thread need some humour…
When being burned at the stake victims would have family or bribe the executioner to put on green vegetation, dying from smoke inhalation better than dying in a hot dry fire which was reserved for the worst.
AwesomeO said:
JudgeMental said:
Arts said:there was a similar gallows story that I read when I was researching the history of hangings
this thread need some humour…
When being burned at the stake victims would have family or bribe the executioner to put on green vegetation, dying from smoke inhalation better than dying in a hot dry fire which was reserved for the worst.
and a couple of spuds in foil. for the wake of course.
AwesomeO said:
JudgeMental said:
Arts said:there was a similar gallows story that I read when I was researching the history of hangings
this thread need some humour…
When being burned at the stake victims would have family or bribe the executioner to put on green vegetation, dying from smoke inhalation better than dying in a hot dry fire which was reserved for the worst.
Could put drugs on the fire and die high
AwesomeO said:
When being burned at the stake victims would have family or bribe the executioner to put on green vegetation, dying from smoke inhalation better than dying in a hot dry fire which was reserved for the worst.
I’ve got a book somewhere called History of Torture which contains a detailed description of the execution by burning at the stake of a bishop (identified, but I can’t remember his name). It’s even more gruesome and harrowing than you’d imagine. The victim was attached to the stake with iron hoops, but had bladders of gunpowder strapped under his arms (with the permission of his killers) to explode and kill him before the pain became intolerable. The bladders exploded early in the proceedings, but didn’t kill him. The witness said the victim had retained consciousness, and his lips were moving in prayer, even after they were burned black, until shortly before he died.
AwesomeO said:
JudgeMental said:
Arts said:there was a similar gallows story that I read when I was researching the history of hangings
this thread need some humour…
When being burned at the stake victims would have family or bribe the executioner to put on green vegetation, dying from smoke inhalation better than dying in a hot dry fire which was reserved for the worst.
Had not thought of that. That makes great sense.
Anyone mentioned Bulgarian Umbrella yet?
Or plutonium / polonium?
Or surgical strike?
Or tiger’s whiskers / glass ground up and fed in a meal?
Insecticide?
mollwollfumble said:
AwesomeO said:
JudgeMental said:this thread need some humour…
When being burned at the stake victims would have family or bribe the executioner to put on green vegetation, dying from smoke inhalation better than dying in a hot dry fire which was reserved for the worst.
Had not thought of that. That makes great sense.
Anyone mentioned Bulgarian Umbrella yet?
Or plutonium / polonium?
Or surgical strike?
Or tiger’s whiskers / glass ground up and fed in a meal?
Insecticide?
Death by infectious disease so it can be studied from onset to death
mollwollfumble said:
AwesomeO said:
JudgeMental said:this thread need some humour…
When being burned at the stake victims would have family or bribe the executioner to put on green vegetation, dying from smoke inhalation better than dying in a hot dry fire which was reserved for the worst.
Had not thought of that. That makes great sense.
Anyone mentioned Bulgarian Umbrella yet?
Or plutonium / polonium?
Or surgical strike?
Or tiger’s whiskers / glass ground up and fed in a meal?
Insecticide?
Roasted over a fire made of red hot hashish embers. What a way to go.
btm said:
AwesomeO said:
When being burned at the stake victims would have family or bribe the executioner to put on green vegetation, dying from smoke inhalation better than dying in a hot dry fire which was reserved for the worst.
I’ve got a book somewhere called History of Torture which contains a detailed description of the execution by burning at the stake of a bishop (identified, but I can’t remember his name). It’s even more gruesome and harrowing than you’d imagine. The victim was attached to the stake with iron hoops, but had bladders of gunpowder strapped under his arms (with the permission of his killers) to explode and kill him before the pain became intolerable. The bladders exploded early in the proceedings, but didn’t kill him. The witness said the victim had retained consciousness, and his lips were moving in prayer, even after they were burned black, until shortly before he died.
That’s gruesome.
Divine Angel said:
btm said:
AwesomeO said:
When being burned at the stake victims would have family or bribe the executioner to put on green vegetation, dying from smoke inhalation better than dying in a hot dry fire which was reserved for the worst.
I’ve got a book somewhere called History of Torture which contains a detailed description of the execution by burning at the stake of a bishop (identified, but I can’t remember his name). It’s even more gruesome and harrowing than you’d imagine. The victim was attached to the stake with iron hoops, but had bladders of gunpowder strapped under his arms (with the permission of his killers) to explode and kill him before the pain became intolerable. The bladders exploded early in the proceedings, but didn’t kill him. The witness said the victim had retained consciousness, and his lips were moving in prayer, even after they were burned black, until shortly before he died.
That’s gruesome.
You think they’d shoot him with some arrows kill him quicker
roughbarked said:
mollwollfumble said:
AwesomeO said:When being burned at the stake victims would have family or bribe the executioner to put on green vegetation, dying from smoke inhalation better than dying in a hot dry fire which was reserved for the worst.
Had not thought of that. That makes great sense.
Anyone mentioned Bulgarian Umbrella yet?
Or plutonium / polonium?
Or surgical strike?
Or tiger’s whiskers / glass ground up and fed in a meal?
Insecticide?
Roasted over a fire made of red hot hashish embers. What a way to go.
Lack of sleep will kill about as fast as starvation. Eg. Chinese water torture.
Another two gruesome Chinese execution methods also come to mind. I won’t mention them except to say that one was confirmed by Mythbusters.
After the initial pain from superficial burns dying by fimmolation is painless so i’m told.
From the same book:
We humans sure are good at inflicting pain on each other.
The Brazen Bull was quite unpleasant, I imagine.
Witty Rejoinder said:
After the initial pain from superficial burns dying by fimmolation is painless so i’m told.
And who the fuck was able to report this?
Did a bunch of people who very nearly died of immolation say “huh, I was expecting that to hurt”?
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
After the initial pain from superficial burns dying by fimmolation is painless so i’m told.
And who the fuck was able to report this?
Did a bunch of people who very nearly died of immolation say “huh, I was expecting that to hurt”?
Perhaps based on nerves being dead ?
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
After the initial pain from superficial burns dying by fimmolation is painless so i’m told.
And who the fuck was able to report this?
Did a bunch of people who very nearly died of immolation say “huh, I was expecting that to hurt”?
I guess the idea that pain receptors are only so deep After they are gone there is no more pain?
Arts said:
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
After the initial pain from superficial burns dying by fimmolation is painless so i’m told.
And who the fuck was able to report this?
Did a bunch of people who very nearly died of immolation say “huh, I was expecting that to hurt”?
I guess the idea that pain receptors are only so deep After they are gone there is no more pain?
I don’t get this. You can certainly feel pain from internal organs.
This is interesting. Warning: graphic true story.
http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2012-i-was-burned-alive-by-angry-mob-5-things-i-experienced.html
Divine Angel said:
This is interesting. Warning: graphic true story.http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2012-i-was-burned-alive-by-angry-mob-5-things-i-experienced.html
I don’t know about clicking on that, it only says 5 things.
I usually don’t click unless there are 7 things I can learn.
Like say 7 things you don’t know about Iggy Pop.
Seven things or mare man and I’m there.
sibeen said:
Arts said:
dv said:And who the fuck was able to report this?
Did a bunch of people who very nearly died of immolation say “huh, I was expecting that to hurt”?
I guess the idea that pain receptors are only so deep After they are gone there is no more pain?
I don’t get this. You can certainly feel pain from internal organs.
I suspect that Witty was talking about third degree burns ad the apparent lack of pain that is supposed to be associated with that
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
This is interesting. Warning: graphic true story.http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2012-i-was-burned-alive-by-angry-mob-5-things-i-experienced.html
I don’t know about clicking on that, it only says 5 things.
I usually don’t click unless there are 7 things I can learn.
Like say 7 things you don’t know about Iggy Pop.
Seven things or mare man and I’m there.
Iggy Pop? That’s a random musician to pull from your brain. Candy candy candy, I can’t let you go…
Tonight, cold chook and salad, cup of tea and chock coated ice cream for dessert.
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
This is interesting. Warning: graphic true story.http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2012-i-was-burned-alive-by-angry-mob-5-things-i-experienced.html
I don’t know about clicking on that, it only says 5 things.
I usually don’t click unless there are 7 things I can learn.
Like say 7 things you don’t know about Iggy Pop.
Seven things or mare man and I’m there.
Iggy Pop? That’s a random musician to pull from your brain. Candy candy candy, I can’t let you go…
Number 8 he died but not one told him
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
This is interesting. Warning: graphic true story.http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2012-i-was-burned-alive-by-angry-mob-5-things-i-experienced.html
I don’t know about clicking on that, it only says 5 things.
I usually don’t click unless there are 7 things I can learn.
Like say 7 things you don’t know about Iggy Pop.
Seven things or mare man and I’m there.
Iggy Pop? That’s a random musician to pull from your brain. Candy candy candy, I can’t let you go…
that article was not what I thought it was going to be
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:I don’t know about clicking on that, it only says 5 things.
I usually don’t click unless there are 7 things I can learn.
Like say 7 things you don’t know about Iggy Pop.
Seven things or mare man and I’m there.
Iggy Pop? That’s a random musician to pull from your brain. Candy candy candy, I can’t let you go…
that article was not what I thought it was going to be
Not enough Iggy Pop?
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:Iggy Pop? That’s a random musician to pull from your brain. Candy candy candy, I can’t let you go…
that article was not what I thought it was going to be
Not enough Iggy Pop?
it’s one of life’s true pitfalls
One thing I’ve never quite got a grip on is the possibility of torture, possibly leading to suicide, caused by watching the same TV advertisement over and over again.
Or you may prefer to think of it as the torture of listening to the same identical piece of music over and over and over and over and over and over and over … again.
It’s torture, but is it execution?
mollwollfumble said:
Or you may prefer to think of it as the torture of listening to the same identical piece of music over and over and over and over and over and over and over … again.
One of the local radio stations had a competition a while back. The prize was tickets to the Brisbane concert by Adele. The contender for the tickets had to listen to Adele’s song Rolling in the Deep continuously from 7am to 7pm for 5 days straight. No phone, no tv, no other songs, no other distractions, no daytime naps, one 5 minute toilet break every three hours. She won the tickets.
https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/adeles-biggest-fan-smashes-song-challenge/3150697/
Sorry, 4am to 7pm for 5 days straight.
Divine Angel said:
Sorry, 4am to 7pm for 5 days straight.
Get the fuck out of here.
Divine Angel said:
mollwollfumble said:Or you may prefer to think of it as the torture of listening to the same identical piece of music over and over and over and over and over and over and over … again.
One of the local radio stations had a competition a while back. The prize was tickets to the Brisbane concert by Adele. The contender for the tickets had to listen to Adele’s song Rolling in the Deep continuously from 7am to 7pm for 5 days straight. No phone, no tv, no other songs, no other distractions, no daytime naps, one 5 minute toilet break every three hours. She won the tickets.
https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/adeles-biggest-fan-smashes-song-challenge/3150697/
that is torture
Divine Angel said:
Sorry, 4am to 7pm for 5 days straight.
could do it bent.
listening to one whole Adele song would send me postal
I might suggest the radio station does a follow up to check her mental health and whether she still hears the song in her dreams.
Divine Angel said:
I might suggest the radio station does a follow up to check her mental health and whether she still hears the song in her dreams.
“the defendant blames Adele for her rampage that killed 53 and injured 71 others..”
Divine Angel said:
Sorry, 4am to 7pm for 5 days straight.
It doesn’t count unless it’s 24 hours a day, and in the same room.
But I get your drift that 15 hours straight of good music is not deadly.
5 minutes of the exact same muzak elevator-music in every Exceloo is as much as I can stand.
i think that the most humane form of execution is to make someone watch a whole series of ‘The Bachelorette’.
After they’ve sat through the first three or four episodes, they’ll simply lose the will to live.
and here i was thinking this was going to be about architectures and instruction sets
SCIENCE said:
and here i was thinking this was going to be about architectures and instruction sets
shoulda known better :)
https://youtu.be/NoKi4coyFw0
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsy_(elephant)
Fun fact: Topsy was the inspiration for Rosie in Sara Gruen’s novel Water for Elephants.
I bet they had to dust off Old Sparky.
https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/death-row-inmates-bizarre-final-meal/news-story/fadd731b12975e37e3f172578c6c269b
