tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283258643623412113.post7857456665212717280..comments2024-03-28T11:09:38.096-04:00Comments on 90 Miles From Tyranny : Execution by cannon, in Shiraz, Iran, mid-late 19th centuryMike Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729229224106563792noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283258643623412113.post-28517331826135282002021-09-11T11:52:41.462-04:002021-09-11T11:52:41.462-04:00Not rice krispies, try PUFFED RICE & also puff...Not rice krispies, try PUFFED RICE & also puffed wheat by Quaker.<br /><br />Dan KurtDan Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252444956956894276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283258643623412113.post-25464834340233190532021-09-11T10:18:10.133-04:002021-09-11T10:18:10.133-04:00"It's a great idea, but it doesn't tr..."It's a great idea, but it doesn't transfer well to spacecraft."<br />I LOL'd. Sorry...but that was funny. millerizedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14995088279331568405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283258643623412113.post-20818290258101354752019-12-17T15:05:41.277-05:002019-12-17T15:05:41.277-05:00I think that was Quaker Puffed Wheat. There was al...I think that was Quaker Puffed Wheat. There was also Puffed Rice and Puffed Oats.<br /><br />This is also how Rice Krispies are made.<br /><br />It's a great idea, but it doesn't transfer well to spacecraft.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10408023057310111441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283258643623412113.post-70660203156902690682019-03-25T16:51:03.359-04:002019-03-25T16:51:03.359-04:00That was Quaker Puffed Oats, dick.That was Quaker Puffed Oats, dick.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10408023057310111441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283258643623412113.post-86801686897510939982019-01-22T14:45:41.466-05:002019-01-22T14:45:41.466-05:00surprisingly a technique still in use in this day ...surprisingly a technique still in use in this day and age. sometimes IRGC alternates the cannon trick with a flamethrower while the prisoners are locked into a suspended cage. <br />In the land of Saud, they still hold execution of sentencing in the public square of the towns on saturday at noon. I was present when a thief had his right arm removed and a blasphemer had her tongue cut out. gotta love sharia law. capt fasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374459887067010071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283258643623412113.post-48244656024098775352016-06-28T01:49:07.515-04:002016-06-28T01:49:07.515-04:00I call these "Rice Krispie" executions b...I call these "Rice Krispie" executions because the breakfast cereal TV commercials in the 1960s extolled how their cereal was "shot from guns"-- probably a controlled high pressurization with a sudden decompression that worked similar to how steam pops corn kernels when the hull splits.<br />Dink Newcombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05141201981442874305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283258643623412113.post-44947272276250879372014-11-11T05:34:59.421-05:002014-11-11T05:34:59.421-05:00It's called "blown from guns", somet...It's called "blown from guns", something they learned from Her Majesty's forces.<br /><br />For Moslems, it's particularly nasty, as their remains will be devoured by the birds and beasts of the field and they won't get their 72 white raisins.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.com