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Old 04-27-2009, 05:30 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Term used to describe a situation where someone became so overcome with a feeling that they not only lost control of their bowels, they did so on a magnificant scale and let a square unit drop down. - Urban Dictionary

Here's a silly answer to an unasked question, when your gum loses its flavor on the bedpost overnight, put it in water for about ten minutes, and the flavor will come back.

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3) There was an inmate back in the 1800's who survived 3 tries at hanging. Third time, they said "fuck it" and his sentence was commuted to life.
That would be John Lee, and he in fact was released at the age of 41 because they felt bad about the botched attempts.

In 1997 an Iranian woman was buried waist deep and stoned nearly to death for having sex. She woke up at the morgue. Amnesty International stepped in and she was released that same year.

Back in the 40's when Lousiana had no problem executing minors (as long as they're minorities), 16 year old Willie Francis was sent to the electric chair for killing a store owner. When they tried to execute, he started screaming for them to turn it off because he wasn't dying. Turns out, a drunk guard had set up the chair improperly. They killed him a year and a half later.
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