Yesterday, as we'd had such a hot, dry week last week, we tookYou have special furniture to use whilst watching an execution?
the cushions for our hanging sofa out of the Shed and set them out.
On 01/06/2026 19:33, Sn!pe wrote:
Yesterday, as we'd had such a hot, dry week last week, we took
the cushions for our hanging sofa out of the Shed and set them out.
You have special furniture to use whilst watching an execution?
Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
On 01/06/2026 19:33, Sn!pe wrote:
Yesterday, as we'd had such a hot, dry week last week, we took
the cushions for our hanging sofa out of the Shed and set them out.
You have special furniture to use whilst watching an execution?
Knitting needles too. Mr Pierrepoint's Long Drop is less entertaining
than a traditional Hang-Draw-Quarter dispatch though, and a lot less
gory than the WOCAB's Mme Guillotine. Still, we must find our fun
where we may.
Fun Fact: The length of slack rope used in a long drop hanging depends
on the body weight of the hangee. It must be long enough so that the
neck is broken but not so long as to completely pull the head off of the >body. It seems that that was what happened to one of Saddam's lads.
IMO that's rather bad form but it's somewhat more amusing and it saves
the bother of having a screw swing from the deceased dangler's legs to
make sure that he's definitely expired.
Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
On 01/06/2026 19:33, Sn!pe wrote:
Yesterday, as we'd had such a hot, dry week last week, we took
the cushions for our hanging sofa out of the Shed and set them out.
You have special furniture to use whilst watching an execution?
Knitting needles too. Mr Pierrepoint's Long Drop is less entertaining
than a traditional Hang-Draw-Quarter dispatch though, and a lot less
gory than the WOCAB's Mme Guillotine. Still, we must find our fun
where we may.
Fun Fact: The length of slack rope used in a long drop hanging depends
on the body weight of the hangee. It must be long enough so that the
neck is broken but not so long as to completely pull the head off of the body. It seems that that was what happened to one of Saddam's lads.
IMO that's rather bad form but it's somewhat more amusing and it saves
the bother of having a screw swing from the deceased dangler's legs to
make sure that he's definitely expired.
Knitting needles too. Mr Pierrepoint's Long Drop is less entertainingThis site is perhaps a bit obsessive?
than a traditional Hang-Draw-Quarter dispatch though, and a lot less
gory than the WOCAB's Mme Guillotine. Still, we must find our fun
where we may.
Fun Fact: The length of slack rope used in a long drop hanging depends
on the body weight of the hangee.
Sn!pe wrote:
Knitting needles too. Mr Pierrepoint's Long Drop is less entertaining
than a traditional Hang-Draw-Quarter dispatch though, and a lot less
gory than the WOCAB's Mme Guillotine. Still, we must find our fun
where we may.
Fun Fact: The length of slack rope used in a long drop hanging depends
on the body weight of the hangee.
This site is perhaps a bit obsessive?
<https://capitalpunishmentuk.org>
On 02/06/2026 01:44, Sn!pe wrote:
Knitting needles too. Mr Pierrepoint's Long Drop is less entertaining
than a traditional Hang-Draw-Quarter dispatch though, and a lot less
gory than the WOCAB's Mme Guillotine. Still, we must find our fun
where we may.
Fun Fact: The length of slack rope used in a long drop hanging depends
on the body weight of the hangee. It must be long enough so that the
neck is broken but not so long as to completely pull the head off of the
body. It seems that that was what happened to one of Saddam's lads.
IMO that's rather bad form but it's somewhat more amusing and it saves
the bother of having a screw swing from the deceased dangler's legs to
make sure that he's definitely expired.
On 02/06/2026 01:44, Sn!pe wrote:
Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
On 01/06/2026 19:33, Sn!pe wrote:Knitting needles too. Mr Pierrepoint's Long Drop is less
Yesterday, as we'd had such a hot, dry week last week, we took
the cushions for our hanging sofa out of the Shed and set them out.
You have special furniture to use whilst watching an execution?
entertaining
than a traditional Hang-Draw-Quarter dispatch though, and a lot less
gory than the WOCAB's Mme Guillotine. Still, we must find our fun
where we may.
Fun Fact: The length of slack rope used in a long drop hanging
depends
on the body weight of the hangee. It must be long enough so that the
neck is broken but not so long as to completely pull the head off of the
body. It seems that that was what happened to one of Saddam's lads.
IMO that's rather bad form but it's somewhat more amusing and it saves
the bother of having a screw swing from the deceased dangler's legs to
make sure that he's definitely expired.
every "fun fact" has its own wikipedia page, and this one is no exception
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Table_of_Drops
In message <10vmo1i$2vc1s$1@dont-email.me>, Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> writes
On 02/06/2026 01:44, Sn!pe wrote:
Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
On 01/06/2026 19:33, Sn!pe wrote:Knitting needles too. Mr Pierrepoint's Long Drop is less
Yesterday, as we'd had such a hot, dry week last week, we took theYou have special furniture to use whilst watching an execution?
cushions for our hanging sofa out of the Shed and set them out.
entertaining
than a traditional Hang-Draw-Quarter dispatch though, and a lot less
gory than the WOCAB's Mme Guillotine. Still, we must find our fun
where we may.
Fun Fact: The length of slack rope used in a long drop hanging
depends
on the body weight of the hangee. It must be long enough so that the
neck is broken but not so long as to completely pull the head off of
the body. It seems that that was what happened to one of Saddam's
lads. IMO that's rather bad form but it's somewhat more amusing and it
saves the bother of having a screw swing from the deceased dangler's
legs to make sure that he's definitely expired.
every "fun fact" has its own wikipedia page, and this one is no
exception
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Table_of_Drops
There's a pub in Edinburgh in the Grassmarket called "The Last Drop" ; a
nice little pun.
"During the 18th century, the area around our building was also home to
one of the cityrCOs main gallows, with crowds regularly gathering to watch public executions. Rumour has it that our pub is where men who had been sentenced were taken for their last meal while the gallows across the
road were prepared for them. As they left the pub, they were given one
last whisky, referred to as rCyone for the roadrCO. Our name, The Last Drop, refers to the last hanging held in the Grassmarket in 1864"
There was a sign in there reading "No hanging around the bar"
Brian
There was a sign in there reading "No hanging around the bar"
In York (old?) there is/was a couple of pubs owned by the York Brewery <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Brewery> called:
The last drop & The Three Legged Mare (A special 3 sided gibbet)
Their best beer - to my taste - was Centurion's Ghost - nice dark, strong
& warming
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