Yeah... wouldn't that be a bladderectomy rather then a prostatectomy... the medical procedure that would "taking the piss out of Darwin"?
Those are the appropriate jocular approved surgical procedures... .
This happened in 1932, when the state penitentiary was still at Cold Mountain, and the electric chair was there too.
The inmates made jokes about the chair, the way people always make jokes about things that frighten them but cant be gotten away from.THey called it Old SParky, or the Big Juicy. They would make cracks about the power bill...
One of the purposes of good opening lines is to draw attention to the story that will soon unfold. The Green Mile, does it real good.
One of the purposes of good opening lines is to draw attention to the story that will soon unfold. The Green Mile, does it real good.
The first part of that is true. The second is only true for those they do it for. In the case quoted they don't do it for me. They show me to the door.
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