There's always a smart-arse: http://www.metaphor.dk/guillotine/Pages/History.html
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 December 2005 23:27 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PESO - On the Cold Side > > The Guillotine wasn't invented for quite a few years after > Mary lost her head... > Must have been the headsman's axe. >

