[TheForge] Meteoric iron - wrap it in foil

[K Donahoe]

Torture?  Oh, come on, I know people (and you know who you are) that pay
good money to put women's underwear on their heads, have their 'winky'
laughed at and play naked pyramid.  Just watch Jerry Springer, or Greek
Hazing ;)  Of course watching Jerry Springer might be compared to what went
on at the Hanoi Hilton, by some...in fact, it might be a toss up to have my
appendages stuck in a leaf shredder, from the little I've seen of the show.
Torture and humiliaton may go hand in hand, but hardly the same thing,
though wrongs were done.

BTW, I saw flint knapper in Arkansas years ago that claimed a surgeon had
him make some scalpels for his own surgery, since there are no serations,
minor scarring on the wound.

Kevin

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If it's for a Briss, forget the meteorite, the torture endured by the Iraqis
at Abu Ghraib prison will pale by comparison to a circumcision with a dull
iron blade.  Although the ancients used knapped flint to do it, I guess that
I
personally would prefer to wear it off, if I had the option.
Mike Schermerhorn

In a message dated 6/10/2004 9:56:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
phlip at 99main.com writes:
Well, I was avoiding mentioning it, but in this case, the intended usage IS
as a ritual blade. Suspects, though, from what you guys are saying, I might
hafta tell her to buy a chunk from a different meteor.
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