PMSL don't go telling the grandchildren, they will wonder what's in their sunday dinner tomorrow.

OMG they'll be lucky if it's not them!
Run children, run!

Wow - this thread is getting really interesting now. Odd how so many of us were called names relating to gory stories!

I was also called Florence a lot, so much so that some people asumed my name was Florence. I wonder if there is a gory tale behind that one too!

while we are talking about gruesome things, Do you know where the saying "money for old rope" came from

Nope It's not reusing rope that has already been used to hang people is it?

No Stormey, do tell

The hangman would cut up the noose just used and sell it off as souvenirs to the public who turned up. Also seamen would also sell rope that had been used.

Uuuurghhhhh!

Double uuuurgghh!

The term "hangers-on" is ment to have come from people(normally friends/family) hangin on to the condemeds legs to hasten their death. Thats when hanging choked the condemend rarther than the more modern neck break