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Wikipedia pulls no punches (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by TheTechnician27@lemmy.world to c/funny@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Lyon_(criminal)

[โ€“] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Thanks, I forgot to link it in the post body. ๐Ÿ†

[โ€“] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Dude how many times did they escape? Did Britain not know how to keep prisoners locked up so they had to ship them to the colonies?!

[โ€“] WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Huh, Jack Sheppard was eventually hung for stealing. That's fucking barbaric.

[โ€“] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So if I steal, I can get ... uh ... bigger?

[โ€“] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world This is a joke about hanged v. hung. You'd use "hanged" when a person was subjected to hanging until dead. It's "hung" for the past tense of "to hang", e.g. "She hung a picture on the wall". Plus, "hung" can also mean "having a large penis", which apparently @finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world does not.

[โ€“] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's big. I just want it bigger. I like the idea of it hitting my knees when I walk around nude.

[โ€“] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 month ago

Sure thing, dude.

[โ€“] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Bet he didn't do it again

[โ€“] GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

[โ€“] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I mean after the billionth time you gotta lay down the law. /s

[โ€“] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

2m tall Venti ๐Ÿ˜Œ

[โ€“] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Tbf she was described as being large (source: the picture reference, not the content)

[โ€“] Generica@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Q: How fat is she? A: She's the only woman I know that puts mayonnaise on an aspirin.

[โ€“] Widdershins@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Any relation to that fellow who did that Fred thing/movies?