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Friday, 10 June 2011

La Guillotine électriques...?

Above: La Guillotine
This pylon does look a little like the (in)famous La Guillotine of the French Revolution only with a modern twist - powered by electricity!

Did you know
The guillotine was still in use in the 1930's! The last public guillotining was of Eugen Weidmann, who was convicted of six murders. He was beheaded on 17 June 1939, outside the prison Saint-Pierre rue Georges Clemenceau 5 at Versailles.

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Today's quote: There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine ~ P. G. Wodehouse.
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12 comments:

  1. Gemma Wiseman aka Pamela Adams10 June 2011 at 20:27

    Great perspective of the pylon! Like a streamlined guillotine.

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  2. brattcat10 June 2011 at 21:46

    Oh, that Wodehouse. Gotta love him. In this case he not only makes the eyes roll, he makes the heads roll, too. Excellent little post.

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  3. Living In Williamsburg Virginia12 June 2011 at 02:26

    Interesting shot and it does look lethal.

    Darryl and Ruth : )

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  4. Jim12 June 2011 at 17:01

    It looks great.

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  5. arabesque16 June 2011 at 01:02

    definitely a great perspective bfg. ^-^
    for a moment i really thought it was the guillotine. haha ^-^

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  6. Anonymous16 June 2011 at 21:01

    I don't mind having lots of grey hair ;-)
    Great shot, and yes, it looks like a modern guillotine :-D

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  7. Australian Diamonds Blogger8 July 2011 at 19:19

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  8. Ray13 August 2011 at 02:27

    Nice looking blog... Melbourne is on my list of places to visit one of these days. Thanks for sharing!

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  9. Anonymous21 September 2011 at 07:07

    Found this hard to believe but the last time that this crazy world used the device (guillotine) was actually as late as 1977. On September 10, 1977 Hamida Djandoubi was put to death via guillotine in Marseilles, France. We've come a long way eh? NOT. SAD. :(

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  10. Anonymous25 September 2011 at 10:37

    interesting architecture.
    you walk on dangerus roads!

    take care!


    kisses

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  11. Regina Glover20 October 2011 at 18:05

    Interesting shot and it does look lethal.

    Darryl and Ruth : )

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  12. Louis la Vache30 October 2011 at 22:39

    hee hee...
    The Wodehouse quote...
    ;-D

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