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by the missing link on March 5th, 2009
The ancient Roman practice known as the radish and the fish ("percurrent raphani mugilesque," Catullus), reserved for adulterers. The victim was suspended by the thumbs from a horizontal bar, and then had inserted into his anal cavity first, a large radish, and then, a spiny mullet (fish). He was then force-fed rich, oily foods until his abdomen was bloated, and left in that condition until his innards ruptured and he literally exploded. This usually took three or four days.
The Russian Soviet tyrant Nikolai Bulganin reportedly dealt with his political enemies by splitting their feet open with an axe, packing the wound with rock salt, tying it up with a dirty rag, and then forcing them to run twelve miles. How many of them survived is not known, but it can be safely assumed that they never walked again.
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