tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624101807949495788.post36392489295516514..comments2023-09-21T04:40:09.932-07:00Comments on M.Christian's Meine Kleine Fabrik: Welcome to Weirdsville: Never Forgetmchristianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11887406428164757014noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624101807949495788.post-33130202993575979262008-03-05T13:40:00.000-08:002008-03-05T13:40:00.000-08:00and don't even mention the Hartlepool Monkey...and don't even mention the Hartlepool Monkey...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624101807949495788.post-73015158886665757832008-03-05T11:37:00.000-08:002008-03-05T11:37:00.000-08:00Thanks so writing and sorry for the Erwin/Erin err...Thanks so writing and sorry for the Erwin/Erin error - I fixed it. Very interesting to hear from someone around those parts ... though I'm not too sure taking pride or at least not feeling a tad guilty about lynching Mary is something folks might want to advertise :-)mchristianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11887406428164757014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624101807949495788.post-60495212977174554082008-03-05T11:28:00.000-08:002008-03-05T11:28:00.000-08:00Since I only live a few miles from Erwin, let me i...Since I only live a few miles from Erwin, let me inject a little local perspective. <BR/>Re your fourth paragraph - if you visit Erwin in the fall during their Apple festival, you will find that one of the most popular items is a t-shirt stenciled with a picture of Mary hanging from the crane, and the logo "Just Hangin' Around Erwin."<BR/>Since the people involved in the hanging are all dead, the locals (at least the ones I know) just shake their heads and laugh when questioned, they couldn't care less if they are known as the town that hung the elephant.<BR/>Another popular item for sale in Erwin is Charles Edwin Price's little book "The Day They Hung The Elephant" (mine is signed by the author, a local boy) which pretty much agrees with your blog, except for the guilt feelings you ascribe to the Erwin folks. <BR/>You have actually visited Erwin, haven't you? Been there? Talked to folks? Didn't just read about it in a book?<BR/>Just curious.<BR/> <BR/>PS: your link in the third paragraph which says "Erin, Tennessee" links to a town other than Erwin. I don't think they hung any elephants in Erin...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624101807949495788.post-70611947081784808892008-03-05T09:13:00.000-08:002008-03-05T09:13:00.000-08:00I can't believe they didn't eat herI can't believe they didn't eat herAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624101807949495788.post-18505366634941117342008-03-05T07:12:00.000-08:002008-03-05T07:12:00.000-08:00I just don't want to believe this. How could peopl...I just don't want to believe this. How could people be so dumb?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624101807949495788.post-37412185519616920982008-03-04T15:16:00.000-08:002008-03-04T15:16:00.000-08:00It is only they dumb animals we maim, torture and ...It is only they dumb animals we maim, torture and experiment on. The ones who learn to read and follow our peaceful laws are welcomed into our society. Any animal that attacks a human after being (for example ) feed food with thorns or beating until the skin comes off is therefore dangerous. It should take the beatings with humour and thus ask for more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624101807949495788.post-90751337754839476252008-03-04T10:07:00.000-08:002008-03-04T10:07:00.000-08:00This is sick. Why in the world would you put an an...This is sick. Why in the world would you put an animal to death in such a cruel, twisted way? Animals don't understand murder like humans do. Poor Mary and poor Topsy, the townspeople should be ashamed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624101807949495788.post-43232744512981801622008-03-04T08:53:00.000-08:002008-03-04T08:53:00.000-08:00Thanks for all the great comments, guys. As for o...Thanks for all the great comments, guys. As for other executions ... none as far as I know, at least by hanging. T. Edison DID electrocute one, though, to prove the dangers of alternating current.<BR/><BR/>From Wiki:<BR/><BR/>Topsy (born circa 1875, died January 4, 1903), was a domesticated elephant with the Forepaugh Circus at Coney Island's Luna Park. Because she had killed three men in as many years (including an abusive trainer who attempted to feed her a lit cigarette), Topsy was deemed a threat to people by her owners and put down by electrocution on January 4, 1903. Inventor Thomas Edison captured the event on film. He would release it later that year under the title Electrocuting an Elephant.mchristianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11887406428164757014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624101807949495788.post-36778834923683189122008-03-04T08:01:00.000-08:002008-03-04T08:01:00.000-08:00It just goes to prove that Capital Punishment does...It just goes to prove that Capital Punishment doesn't act as a deterent. Elephants are still robbing banks, committing insurance fraud, mugging old ladies and stealing from refigerators all over the world.<BR/>Oh, hang on.... <BR/>.... it works! My fridge has NEVER been stolen from by an elephant... <BR/>HANG 'em! Hang 'em all and hang em high!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648524350726214319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624101807949495788.post-48723199178060679182008-03-04T05:35:00.000-08:002008-03-04T05:35:00.000-08:00What were they thinking?An example to other elepha...What were they thinking?<BR/><BR/>An example to other elephants?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624101807949495788.post-57475964788875416662008-03-04T00:42:00.000-08:002008-03-04T00:42:00.000-08:00I agree, these people were just plain dumb, thick,...I agree, these people were just plain dumb, thick, stupid, you get the picture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6624101807949495788.post-15712193167048070372008-03-03T17:53:00.000-08:002008-03-03T17:53:00.000-08:00Sometimes people are just too stupid for words.Sometimes people are just too stupid for words.Kris McCrackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789355638389350528noreply@blogger.com