Monday, January 15, 2007

It's not rocket science

300 years ago, an English hangman established the proper lengths of the drop for the various weights of the condemned. For a modern day hangman to misjudge the length of the drop and rip off someones head, he has to be pretty stupid or mean as a snake.

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