April 02, 2004
I Crush Your Head!

From the "colorful ways we do unto each other" file, we have this WikiPedia entry on that ever popular method of execution, "Crushing by Elephant":

Most rajahs kept execution elephants for the purpose of death by crushing and the executions were often held in public to serve as a warning to any who might transgress. Toward that end many of the execution elephants were especially huge, often weighing in excess of 9 tons.

Insert "Excedrine Headache #6" commercial here...

Posted by scott at April 02, 2004 12:01 PM

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Certainly faster than standing at the stern end and waiting for a bm.

Posted by: DaninVan on April 4, 2004 01:32 AM

I remember a particularity disturbing scene of elephant execution in Mira Nair's movie "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love."

Posted by: Jennifer on April 5, 2004 09:55 AM

OOoo..now I'm going to have to rent that movie.

Posted by: ellen on April 5, 2004 11:18 AM

Oh, believe me there are many, many beautiful reasons to watch that film - not only for the elephants.

Posted by: Jennifer on April 5, 2004 11:52 AM
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