Doc Fives
Guard
From what I’ve seen, yes. I was thinking 40-100 lashes…depending on if we can get the gizmo to work.
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Oh, the gizmo works. M.I.T. had been testing it for some time, it has the approval of the North American Society of Torture Addicts (N.A.S.T.A. --- they are called Nasties).
Patent is pending. I think T.H. Tree is handling the legal aspects. There may be a delay as the paperwork had too many whiskey rings and there were too many cigarette burns on the signature page.
Darth Agonoth
Magistrate
Looking at this thread now, have you considered the consequences of letting a silver-tongued Sith into your sanctuary, @Barbaria1?
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You do write well. Almost poetic in your prose. Very enjoyable. Was the alliteration an intentional feature?
Darth Agonoth
Magistrate
Would a slithering speaker skip such a splendid....s....errrrm....[shit] opportunity?
mark sessnatz
Tribune
"Contraptions" are analog, mechanical. Gadgets and Gizmos are >50% digital in their design, but a "gadget" has to be small enough to hand-hold. So "gizmo" seems correct.
Frank Petrexa
Tribune
I think of "contraption" that way too. But at Los Alamos, the developing bomb was nicknamed "the gadget", none of it was digital, and it certainly couldn't fit in one's hand at any point. So this is another example of language evolving and really being a poor method of precise communication. That seems to be one problem philosophers and economists (who have all the answers) seem to have.
Naraku
Draconarius
Gadget: [ gaj-it ] noun. A mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article. Origin: 1850–55; origin uncertain; compare French gâchette the catch of a lock, sear of a gunlock.
Gizmo (or gismo): [ giz-moh ] noun. A gadget or device. Origin: First recorded in 1940–45; origin uncertain.
Contraption: [ kuhn-trap-shuhn ] noun. A mechanical contrivance. Origin: First recorded in 1815–25; perhaps contr(ivance) + (ad)aption.
[Source: dictionary.com]
Gadget:
Gizmo:
Contraption:
Take your pick.
Darth Agonoth
Magistrate
I want the gadgizmotrap then, thank you.
Doc Fives
Guard
Contraption seems to be the winner.
mark sessnatz
Tribune
God help you if the Dungeon Master says he's getting out the Thingamajig...
XPerpetrator
Assistant executioner
To celebrate the return of the forum, I specially brought a middle-aged lady with a perked up butt, Let her taste this little torture device,
https://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threa...r-level-of-happiness.11408/page-2#post-908300