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From: nadya@dartvax.UUCP (Nadya M. Labib)
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Subject: Re: Rowing through the fog
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Date: Thu, 11-Sep-86 02:57:22 EDT
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In article <1795@ihlpa.UUCP> nikbek@ihlpa.UUCP (Moseley) writes:
>> >>What's the big deal about "dying" to prove your love when you know you can
>> >>come back from the grave at will?
>> > Getting nailed to a large block of wood is FUN?  (I'd be curious
>> > how you spend your weekends ...)
>> 
>> "Yeah, that's it.  An' you get... uh..."
>>         "Some six-penny nails?"
>> "Yeah!  An' you drive the nails right through your palms...
>
>I recall some studies which indicate that nails through the palms of
>a person's hands will not support the person's weight. The nails
>were actually driven through the wrists, which will  support a person's
>weight. I also believe that posts were actually used. I'm not sure where
>the idea of a cross came from.
>					R. C. Moseley

They used to put all the 'violent' criminals on crosses.  Not as elaborate
as you see on television.