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I wonder if that really is the block and axe that did her in, or that is just some period piece and they say it is the real thing, but it really isn't.
Also, I noticed that the striking surface is quite narrow. Leaving much room for error I suppose...a few chops instead of one. More entertainment for the masses?
I have so many questions about this. 
-- rants are the vehicle of the lazy and uninspired - JSOP 2/2018
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Anne Boleyn was beheaded with a sword, not an axe, so no, its not the real thing.
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AFAIK Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn were beheaded with an axe.
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Jane Boleyn was the sister of Anne, and was indeed executed with an Axe. Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's 2nd wife was executed by sword. There's a discussion of why that might have been here: Anne Boleyn’s last secret | The Spectator
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On the other hand - that nice scoop out for the head is very considerate - much more comfy compared to having to bend your neck every which way until you're comfortable.
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No punishment is too terrible for such treasonous behaviour.
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Quote: Commoners don't have to bow or curtsy to members of the royal family ...
Thanks for the post, I had not given the subject any thought, but I now know that a bow is not expected of me.
(Not that they would ever have got one.)
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Kevin Marois wrote: What happens if you don't bow/curtsy? Is there jail time, a fine, hand spanked??
Nothing happens - there is no law, only tradition. You are free to bow or not - the United Kingdom is a Democracy, not a Kingdom. Wait... 
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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I guess that I figured with the plethora of stupid laws we have in the U.S., that may be the same held true for the U.K.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Kevin Marois wrote: that may be the same held true for the U.K.
Oh it does. Just not in this case.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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We Dutch will never bow for the Brits 
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Good attitude, like it. Never bow to anyone!
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 What is this, the 15th century or something?
I wont bow to anyone, even if it is an ex German in a fancy hat.
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Kevin Marois wrote: What happens if you don't bow/curtsy?
This used to be considered High Treason. The statutory penalty was hanging, drawing, and quartering.
In these benighted times, even a dog (to say nothing of a cat) may look upon its Royal Lords and Masters without so much as a nod, let alone a bow or a curtsey.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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You know the film 300, where the dude shouts "This is Sparta!"?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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The Daily Mail go absolutely mental.
Nothing else happens though.
So - if you don't care what the Daily mail think of you, you can do as you please.
(This applies to many other aspects of Britishness too)
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Abusive note on ambulance[^]
Or is it just the cliche of a few bad apples spoiling the whole bunch?
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Just a rude note? They're lucky - I lived for a while in the East End (of London) years back (amazing what we suckers do for women, eh? ) and a favourite game of the local kids was to call 999 )that's 911 to your Americans) and report a fire... then when the fire crews turned up they'd be pelted with bricks. Literally, they'd have bricks thrown at them.
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Yeah... I think a law is in order allowing first responders to protect themselves; be that turning a hose on the ones attacking them or some well placed rubber bullets.
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A_Griffin wrote: Literally, they'd have bricks thrown at them.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Britain is a rough place. Seriously. The continent looks like a kinder garden in comparison.
It is possibly where you inherit your large number of psychologically unstable population from, and if Britain had as many guns as the US we would probably have the same high death toll. And as I said, Ireland is worse in some way. (Brits and Irish are very closely related as they are about 70% celtic DNA wise)
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That's nothing, in the Netherlands ambulance personnel is often molested. This happens mostly in the big cities. 
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Hmmm - what has changed in the big cities in the Netherlands over the last decades??? 
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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Mostly, the weather.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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