Touching Wires Causes Instant Death
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The Davy Crockett
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On the sign, why are the skull and crossbones next to "$200.00 FINE" and not "INSTANT DEATH"?
You could get zapped for $200.
Are taxes more 'deadly' than death? :unsure:
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the_traveler
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I would love to be in the courtroom when they roll in the corpse and the judge demands the $200 fine!
Then when the corpse remains quiet, the judge rules "contempt of court" and sentences the corpse to 6 months in jail!
Now that's a TOUGH judge!
Now that's a TOUGH judge!
My guess would be that there is simply more room next to the "$200 Fine," even though the icons or images should indeed be on the "Instant Death" line.On the sign, why are the skull and crossbones next to "$200.00 FINE" and not "INSTANT DEATH"?
You could get zapped for $200.
Are taxes more 'deadly' than death? :unsure:
If I were to design the sign, I'd make the "$200 Fine" letters and number larger and put the skull and crossbones next to the "death" threat. People would probably pay more attention to—and thus heed—the "fine" threat anyway.
Judge Roy Bean (who supposedly fined a man for some offense AFTER he'd been killed).I would love to be in the courtroom when they roll in the corpse and the judge demands the $200 fine!Then when the corpse remains quiet, the judge rules "contempt of court" and sentences the corpse to 6 months in jail!
Now that's a TOUGH judge!
True story! The actual Fine, according to the story, was what the corpse had in his pocket when searched per order of Judge Bean!!Judge Roy Bean (who supposedly fined a man for some offense AFTER he'd been killed).I would love to be in the courtroom when they roll in the corpse and the judge demands the $200 fine!Then when the corpse remains quiet, the judge rules "contempt of court" and sentences the corpse to 6 months in jail!
Now that's a TOUGH judge!
! ($50 is amount I've always heard!)
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the_traveler
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If his clothes got soaked in the rain first, would he be convicted of "money laundering" also?True story! The actual Fine, according to the story, was what the corpse had in his pocket when searched per order of Judge Bean!!Judge Roy Bean (who supposedly fined a man for some offense AFTER he'd been killed).I would love to be in the courtroom when they roll in the corpse and the judge demands the $200 fine!Then when the corpse remains quiet, the judge rules "contempt of court" and sentences the corpse to 6 months in jail!
Now that's a TOUGH judge!
TCRT
Lead Service Attendant
There's also the case of Pope Stephen VII placing the dead body of his predecessor on trial, finding the defenseless defendant guilty, and having him stripped of his papal vestments and thrown into a river (http://en.wikipedia....i/Cadaver_synod).Judge Roy Bean (who supposedly fined a man for some offense AFTER he'd been killed).I would love to be in the courtroom when they roll in the corpse and the judge demands the $200 fine!Then when the corpse remains quiet, the judge rules "contempt of court" and sentences the corpse to 6 months in jail!
Now that's a TOUGH judge!
