I just discovered the French were still using the guillotine in the late 70s :hehe:

[World's End Stella]

good lord but they don't half move along slowly, the Froggies.

[Peter]

good lord but they don't half move along slowly, the Froggies.

It works, and its cheap.

If it ain't broke....

[Burney]

It works, and its cheap.

If it ain't broke....

Not as cheap or effective as a rope and a competent hangman. All these new-fangled methods people use and the rope is still widely agreed to have been about the most humane.

[Sir C]

Not as cheap or effective as a rope and a competent hangman. All these new-fangled methods people use and the rope is still widely agreed to have been about the most humane.

Very much reliant on the competent hangman, of course. If the drop's just a leetle bit short...

[Burney]

Very much reliant on the competent hangman, of course. If the drop's just a leetle bit short...

Yes. There can be no doubt that Albert Pierrepoint was a top, top quality hangman. Could get you from cell to Hell in 40 seconds, I believe.

[World's End Stella]

Not as cheap or effective as a rope and a competent hangman. All these new-fangled methods people use and the rope is still widely agreed to have been about the most humane.

How could hanging be more humane than the guillotine? :sherlock:

Shirley it can't get quicker than the chop and hanging can go bdly wrong.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

good lord but they don't half move along slowly, the Froggies.

ask when the last guillotining was will say 1890 - 1895. They only stopped them being public in 1946 ffs because of the unruly, jeering crowds that would gather.