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    Isn't that where they sacrificed by the thousand, and rolled the bodies down to the cheering crowds, thankful to be down not up?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir View Post
    Isn't that where they sacrificed by the thousand, and rolled the bodies down to the cheering crowds, thankful to be down not up?
    ...probably, but their libraries were extensive...

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    Woodstock, Canada, 1800s; the girl (Collins) was declared dead and then buried, with her body intended to be exhumed a few days later for reburial in some other place.

    When her body was dug up, her knees were up to the chin...



    ...her arm twisted behind her head, there were scratch marks on the inside of her coffin, and her shroud was torn into pieces. She was alive and in a coma at the time of burial, though the medical 'professionals' failed to identify the signs, so this young girl awoke to find herself trapped inside a box, not knowing she was actually underground, and probably died several deaths before actually dying.

    Vivisepulture, live or premature burial, was not unknown in those days, and we can only guess at the terror she experienced.

    This is just one case; there have been so many people buried alive in past ages that those who could afford it had custom designed safety coffins.



    The person assumed to be dead had a safety rope which they can pull and the flag will be in upright position.



    The raised flag would alert anyone nearby, and from there it would be a race to unbury the victim before he dies of dehydration, hypothermia, starvation, unintentional self harm, or coronary.

    Other coffins were designed with bells, emergency air flow valves, and food and drink.

    From this we also get the terms 'graveyard shift/watch', coined in the USA late 1800s, for the early morning shift, typically midnight-8am.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir View Post
    Vivisepulture, live or premature burial
    Turned into a sport by the Japanese during the rape of Nanking.



    As well as vivisectioning, 'autopsies' conducted on the living.




    And they seem so nice on James May's new show.


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    ^ Pic change alert.

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    ^ changes to that 1.jpeg url automatically.

    Original url was https://world.time.com/wp-content/up...5912.jpg?w=513

    And I couldn't be arsed using imgur

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    Someone escaping the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines, 1991
    There's nothing strange or unusual about escaping a volcanic eruption, even in the Philippines - although perhaps things were different in 1991 and people at that time didn't try to escape from them. Perhaps katie or GF can enlighten us.
    Last edited by Neverna; 10-01-2021 at 04:24 PM. Reason: typo

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    There's nothing strange or unusual about escaping a volcanic eruption
    Surely you can't have seen what Plan K posts in the funny pics thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    After the 9/11 attacks, the Maasai tribe of Kenya gave 14 of their most important cattle to America as aid.
    But the cows stayed in Kenya.

    Did Masai Tribespeople Donate 14 Cows to the United States After 9/11?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    There's nothing strange or unusual about escaping a volcanic eruption, even in the Philippines - although perhaps things were different in 1991 and people at that time didn't try to escape from them. Perhaps katie or GF can enlighten us.
    There is.

    Pyroclastic flows can travel at up to 700 km / hr and be up to 1000 degrees centigrade.

    \I wouldn't want anything even half that speed to be chasing me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Latindancer View Post
    There is.

    Pyroclastic flows can travel at up to 700 km / hr and be up to 1000 degrees centigrade.

    \I wouldn't want anything even half that speed to be chasing me.
    Neither would I want anything half that speed or hot to be chasing me, which is why I think it is perfectly normal to try to escape such a thing. I think it would be strange or unusual to NOT try to escape from it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    I think it would be strange or unusual to NOT try to escape from it.
    ...Pompeians would probably have agreed with you...

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    If I meet any oldies from Pompeii in Heaven, I'll ask. Just to be sure.
    Last edited by Neverna; 10-01-2021 at 10:48 PM.

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    During the Jap tsunami some traffic cams showed cars driving in one direction, then turning to escape the oncoming trickle as it turned into torrent; on the couple that I watched, really felt for those in cars that didn't make it and were carried away like plastic toys.

    And yes it does make sense to try and escape death.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir View Post
    During the Jap tsunami some traffic cams showed cars driving in one direction, then turning to escape


    When houses are surfing down the main street.... it's definitely screw the unbroken white line time.





    Apologies if it turns into, I don't know, ... a tomato.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    ^ changes to that 1.jpeg url automatically.

    Original url was https://world.time.com/wp-content/up...5912.jpg?w=513

    And I couldn't be arsed using imgur
    User error.

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    We've seen Armsy drunk.


    I think this is the first time we've seen him drunk and angry.







    Anyone else think it's kinda cute.

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    Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is considered very rural by German standards. It would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future come back in time and sound like a hillbilly.

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    ^ Too true, he sounds hilarious whenever he speaks German . . . and English, of course.

    Still, good on him for going so far based on his muscles alone for most of the time - and he ain't dumb

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    ...Christine...

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    ^ Too true, he sounds hilarious whenever he speaks German . . . and English, of course.

    Still, good on him for going so far based on his muscles alone for most of the time - and he ain't dumb
    I don't know if it was his debut, but first I heard of him was in Pumping Iron at one of the 'esoteric' movie places in Notting Hill. He done quite well since.

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    Elephant Rock, Tongaporutu Beach, New Zealand







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    The size difference between an adult and a newborn Galapagos tortoise.







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    ^when I grow up I want to be like you dad.

    A serviceable stool, or a door stop.

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