Talk:Guillotine
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I recently read that one scientist who was guillotined in the French Revolution arranged with an aide of his to determine how long he remained conscious. He told his aided to count how many times he blinked after decapitation, and aise counted 30. Unfortunately, I can't remember the source, or which scientist it was. Can anyone pin this down? -- Tarquin 10:08 Sep 11, 2002 (UTC)
- This page (http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_262.html) would appear to answer your question. Chris Roy 03:04, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
The last public execution in France took place on Saturday, June 17th 1939.
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Sylvain Larue
Hey I'm just wondering about the Guillotine picture. The picture says copyright on it and Wikipedias policy against using copyrighted pictures appears to be violated. Armus Aran
- Good find ! This was the message from the copyright owner : "No none of my images on my site may be used on other sites. However I have attached a picture you can use. "
- Only after uploading the pic I realized that the permission granted was a single-website permission and not under terms of GFDL. I wrote the owner a mail stating that the permission I require is under GFDL, and if he is not ok with it then I'll be removing the pic. I wrote this on Feb 6 but haven't got an OK or not-OK mail from him. So I'm in quandary. Jay 06:24, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)
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Dr Louis
I think you should mention Dr Louis in your article
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Benoit
- Yes, Benoit, we probably should. If you know more about Dr Antoine Louis, you can add him to the article yourself! - Nunh-huh 22:11, 17 Jun 2004 (UTC)
how fast did the blade fall
Where specifically in Paris was the guillotine located?
Anyone know?
- After public executions were suppressed, the guillotine was, if I remember well, located inside the courtyard of the prison where the condemned person waited. This meant that they had to build it specially in many cases. David.Monniaux 23:54, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Submission hold
In fighting, Guillotine is the name of a specific technique which borders between a choke and a pain submission. It is named "Guillotine" because the headlock resembles the position of the decapitee.
You have the person under your armpit and lock him up with your arm around his neck (forearm meets larynx). You grab your own wrist and squeeze. It can be both executed standing and laying, in which case you usually catch the opponent between your legs and stretch him to further amplify his motivation to submit.
What's an "IPAD"?
Some one has deliberately changed and deleted this article...it needs to be restored. What is an "IPAD" anyway?
