Monday, December 18, 2006

Water torture, serial killers, Jack In The Box Oreo Cookie Shake / Personalizing Christmas carols

Today's Swolne Yet Truly Morbid Fact!

A sadistic form of water torture was used by the Dutch at Amboyna, in the West Indies, during the interrogation of a number of English merchants who were suspected of plotting to capture the Dutch headquarters in 1622:

"Then they bound a cloth about his necke and face so close that little or no water could go by. That done, they poured the water softly upon his head until the cloth was full, up to the mouth and nostrills, and somewhat higher; so that he could not draw breath, but he must withall suck-in the water ... which being still continued to be poured in softly, forced all his inward parts, came out of his nose, eares, and eyes, and often as it were stifling and choaking him, at length took away his breath, and brought him to a swounce or fainting.

"Then they tooke him quickly downe and made him vomit up the water. Being a little recovered, they triced him up againe, poured in the water as before, eftsoones taking him downe as he seemed to be stifled. In this manner they handled him three or four severall times with water, till his body was swolne twice or thrice as bigge as before, his cheekes like great bladders, and his eyes staring and strutting out beyond his forehead..."

Culled from: The History of Torture

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By the way, all those spelling discrepancies above are in the original text. I'm not THAT bad with my typing! Almost, but not quite!

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Morbid Mirth Du Jour!

The Perry Bible Fellowship is an excellent comic strip that isn't always morbid, but is always delightfully twisted and offbeat. Highly recommended!

Thanks to Desmodus for the link.

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Wretched Recommendations!

Mary P. has a book recommendation for us:

"The scariest book I have ever read about serial killers is called Die for Me, about Leonard Lake and Charles Ng in Wilseyville, CA. Even the name of the town is creepy. It's probably the first time ever that I was too spooked to finish - only got halfway in my first effort. There is absolutely no morbid humor to be found in that dreadful saga. I did pick it up later and finished it, but I almost wish I hadn't."

Die For Me by Don Lasseter


Note from Leslie: I have read the book mentioned. It was chilling, but still pretty good. But definitely dreadful. Despite what people thought in elementary school (that's when the story broke and all), I am NOT related to Charles Ng!


Jack In The Box Oreo Cookie Shake

If you live in one of the 15 Western states served by Jack in the Box, you have no doubt cracked a gut from the hilarious TV ads produced by this popular hamburger chain. In the spots, a suit-wearing "Jack" runs the company, even though he's got a bulbous antenna ball for a head with a giant smiley-face painted on it. He has a private jet, plays golf, even has kids with mini antenna-ball heads. Jack also has a featured shake flavor that is very easy to make at home with a blender, ice cream, milk, and a handful of Oreo cookies. Sure, the drive-thru is convenient and easy. But if you don't feel like getting out, now you can enjoy this clone at home from the first fast food chain in the country to use a drive-thru window way beck when.

3 cups vanilla ice cream
1 1/2 cups milk
8 Oreo cookies

1. Combine the ice cream and milk in a blender and mix on low speed until smooth. Stir the shake with a spoon to mix, if necessary.
2. Break Oreo cookies while adding them to the blender. Mix on low speed for 5 to 10 seconds or until cookies are mostly pureed into the shake, but a few larger pieces remain. Stir with a spoon if necessary to help combine cookies.
3. Pour shake into two 12-ounce glasses. Serves 2.


Brightly shone the moon that night,
Though the frost was cruel,
When a Leslie came in sight
Gathering winter fuel.

Good King Wenceslas
from the Christmas Song Generator.

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