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Old 06-25-2002, 09:03 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Does it hurt to get Guillotined?
Can you feel pain after you've been guillotined? Do giraffes ever get struck by lightning? Why doesn't Superglue stick to the tube?

www.newscientist.com/lastword/

A fun Q-and-A site with reader submitted questions. You may have to wait awhile, I think I just messed 'em up, but I'm sure they'll fix it...

But they couldn't answer the question about "How was the first ruler made, since the person who made it didn't have a straight edge?"

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Old 06-25-2002, 09:06 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Hey Knot, I highly recommend you check this site out:

http://www.straightdope.com/

The guy's a riot and people will ask the strangest questions.
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Old 06-25-2002, 09:08 AM   #3 (permalink)
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As far as the giraffe thing. Not as much as they used to get struck. The odds go way down as we force them into extinction. So I guess that is one good thing about human progress it reduces the likelyhood of death by lightning.

If it does hurt it don't hurt for long and they never complain about it I guess. no one who has ever been chopped ever verbalized discompfort.
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Old 06-25-2002, 09:09 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Heh, good one, Fatal!

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Old 06-25-2002, 09:49 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I remember reading when guillotined your head stays alive for a short time, the executioner used to grab the head pick it up and show you your severed body before its over---what a way to go...

Just read thru it---looks like you "may" have about 20-30 secs of conscienceness---yow!
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Old 06-25-2002, 09:55 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Knothead,

Remember, "Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens!"
(or, as Isaac Asimov rendered it, "Against stupidity the Gods themselves contend in vain.")
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I agree with you 100% surreal. That is absolutly horrible to see your last 30 seconds looking at................ugh now im gonna have nightmares.

YUCK!
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Old 06-25-2002, 10:38 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Well, it IS a different point of view....

uhh....nevermind!




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Old 06-25-2002, 10:40 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Heck that aint as bad as a parachute failure or fire. Lots of time to think about your mistakes.
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