Yeah, sort of like when the inquisition wanted you to confess your sins, as they kept trying to drown you.... :D
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Yeah, sort of like when the inquisition wanted you to confess your sins, as they kept trying to drown you.... :D
<LOL> Yeah... Like the witch hunters and the "chair"... Tie the prospective witch to the chair that's on a long pole over the village pond. Dunk the prospective witch in the pond. If the prospective witch floats... she's a witch... Hence she must be burned at the stake.... If the prospective witch sinks leave her there for a while to make sure she isn't faking and pull her up a minute or so later because now you know she isn't a witch.... Hang on... She drowned... Such a shame... Good job she wasn't a witch though.... we'd have had to burn her.... :rolleyes:Quote:
Yeah, sort of like when the inquisition wanted you to confess your sins, as they kept trying to drown you....
lol...yup damned if you do and damned if you don't..... :pQuote:
Originally posted here by Tiger Shark
<LOL> Yeah... Like the witch hunters and the "chair"... Tie the prospective witch to the chair that's on a long pole over the village pond. Dunk the prospective witch in the pond. If the prospective witch floats... she's a witch... Hence she must be burned at the stake.... If the prospective witch sinks leave her there for a while to make sure she isn't faking and pull her up a minute or so later because now you know she isn't a witch.... Hang on... She drowned... Such a shame... Good job she wasn't a witch though.... we'd have had to burn her.... :rolleyes:
You really _have_ to wonder about the level of intellect of the dimwit that came up with that as a test.
But worse yet you have to wonder why _no-one_ ever stood back and thought "You know, there might be a flaw in this testing protocol... Maybe we should review it".... *SIGH*
Me thinks it was a way for the males to hide their infidelities, ya know label the old mistress as a witch and voila, your off the hook, let's face it the "Puritans" were a superstitious lot to begin with, anything that farted, was of the supernatural...... :D