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2004-12-31 Afghanistan/South Asia

Jirga decides murder case by trial by fire

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Posted by tipper 2004-12-31 3:41:16 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 all in a days work for the ROP

Posted by mhw 2004-12-31 8:43:20 AM|| 2004-12-31 8:43:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Can't get any more medieval than that!

Posted by HV 2004-12-31 9:39:32 AM|| 2004-12-31 9:39:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Feets don't fail me now...

Posted by tu3031 2004-12-31 10:05:47 AM|| 2004-12-31 10:05:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The trick to walking on hot embers is to wet the bottom of the feet with water. The super hot embers will quickly boil the water under the feet to create a bubble shaped insulator.

Try this experiment kids:
1. Heat a dry pan over a gas stove on high for about seven to ten minutes.
2. Then take a very very small hand full of water and sprinkle a liberal (~~the only time I like to use the word, liberal~~) amount onto the hot pan.
3. You will notice that the water immediately forms a bubble insulator.

This is what happens when someone walks on hot coals with wet feet. Next time you watch someone walk on hot coals, watch for that person to wipe their feet on the wet grass.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2004-12-31 10:44:21 AM|| 2004-12-31 10:44:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually, you can just plain walk on the ashes. Ashes have very low specific heat and poor thermal conductivity. Just make sure there isn't a stone or something in there.

It's similar to being able to put your hand in a 350 degree oven without being burned if you don't touch metal, while 212 degree water will burn badly.

Posted by jackal 2004-12-31 10:48:49 AM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2004-12-31 10:48:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I can't wait to see more of CSI: Multan!

Posted by Dar 2004-12-31 11:37:18 AM|| 2004-12-31 11:37:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Seriously, these people need to come out of the 7th century.

Posted by Tom 2004-12-31 11:46:15 AM|| 2004-12-31 11:46:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 They do witches on Saturday nights.

Posted by .com 2004-12-31 2:07:09 PM|| 2004-12-31 2:07:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 The sad part is that medieval trials by ordeal are prolly an improvement on what went before.

Posted by N Guard 2004-12-31 7:12:00 PM|| 2004-12-31 7:12:00 PM|| Front Page Top

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