Re: Ducking

John Leary wrote:
> --- Ryan M Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
>>At 12:09 PM -0700 8/20/02, John Leary wrote:
> 
> 
>>Representatives of the Department of English from
>>the University of 
>>Oxford on New Anglia commented today that, quote,
>>"...Spokespersons 
>>for the Government of the Free Cal-Tex still find it
>>difficult to 
>>compose press releases that conform to known
>>standards of English".
>>
>>
>>*ducking*
> 
> 
> 'Ducking' is a method of obtaining confessions
> and has been oulawed as 'a form of unusual 
> punishment', at least in the FCT areas.
> There have been rumored uses of 'ducking'
> to obtain information during the LLAR wars,
> mostly with units involved in the Amazon river
> areas, some claim these are just 'fish tales'.

I'd think units near the Amazon would just use the candiru fish as a 
threat. God knows I'd tell you ANYTHING you want if you threatened me
with one of those.

<shudder>