February 17, 2005

The guillotine. Not, in fact, invented by Dr Guillotin: last used in France in the 1970s. And, er, nothing to do with the previous post. No, indeed.
posted by Plegmund 19 years ago
  • I've seen this before. The best of all guillotine facts is that the severed head could remain conscious for up to 20 seconds. Imagine that!
  • Quite morbid.
  • i never can remember if it's pronounced GILLateen or GEEEateen.
  • If I had to choose a method of execution, I would choose Mdme Guillotine. It's quick, efficient, painless, and bloody messy for the poor sods who have to clear up after me.
  • A grenade would really leave a mess.
  • /head falls off
  • /come back Nostrildamus
  • *blinks rapidly for a bit*
  • Creepy report.
  • "I think I can see what's making it stick" /wandering Daisy_May
  • If I had to choose a method, it would be the slowest one available. My primary goal in life is not to die. I have been doing a very good job at this for some time now. If I am ever on life support, I have given instructions to keep the machine plugged in even if it means bankrupting the economies of all the nations of the world.
  • Geez louise. While reading the report in roly's link I was half expecting the head to start speaking. Shades of "Thermidor" from Neil Gaiman's Sandman.
  • So bernockle, your preferred method is execution by slow-acting cancer?
  • That used to be a good Sunday evening in medievil times I believe. EVeryone would go and watch the beheading in the public square. Jolly good fun back then. So whens Michael jackson due? (sorry I couldn't help myself)
  • Sidey -- saying "ghee-o-teen" labels you a pedant, "gillateen" a rube. Your call!
  • "Ghee-o-teen" it is! I used to wonder why my stepdad said I talked like a ponce.
  • Isn't "Ghee-o-teen" clarified butter marketed to the 13-19 set?
  • No, ghee o' teen would be what you'd get if you rendered down teenagers for their delicious fats, and then clarified the teeny-butter you'd get.
  • Mmmmmmm, teeny-butter.