Posted on 10/07/2014 7:57:28 AM PDT by Textide
1. Myth:
Tarring and feathering could be fatal.
Busted:
The notion that hot tar caused severe, sometimes fatal burns is based on the assumption that “tar” meant the asphalt we use on roads, which is typically stored in liquid state at about 300°F (150°C). But in the eighteenth century “tar” meant pine tar, used for several purposes in building and maintaining ships. As any baseball fan knows, pine tar doesn’t have to be very hot to be sticky. Shipyards did warm that tar to make it flow more easily, but pine tar starts to melt at about 140°F (60°C). That’s well above the ideal for bathwater, but far from the temperature of hot asphalt.
Pine tar could be hot enough to injure someone. The Loyalist judge Peter Oliver complained that when a mob attacked Dr. Abner Beebe of Connecticut, “hot Pitch was poured upon him, which blistered his Skin.” But other victims of tarring and feathering didn’t mention severe or lasting burns among their injuries. Rioters probably applied the tar with a mop or brush, lowering its temperature. Sometimes they tarred people more gently over their clothing.
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It was done for humiliation. If it injured them I don’t think too many were concerned but that was not the intent. If they were feeling murderous they’d have strung them up.
Stop complaining and plant some pine trees!
Only 140 degrees? Hell, and here I've been lying awake worrying about all the neighbors I've p---ed off.
Bring it!
I did. I want hot tar. Not honey or pine tar. Harry deserves the full monty with asphalt tar.
We used to buy pine tar in cans at the hardware store. Open it wit a can tapper and it would flow just fine without heating. We used it to seal up a cow’s head when we cut her horns off.
Also used it to patch a leaky roof.
can *I* wear the blindfold, then?
OH sorry, I didn’t really think that image through.
fiberglass house insulation. Or would that be too cruel.
Gorilla glue "sets" by absorbing moisture!
Regards,
GtG
Gorilla glue and packing foam peanuts.
I’ve been calling for tar and feathers for several gov’t idiots recently. Thanks for the info.
LOL
(Sarcasm in neutral)
Also “repeat as necessary”.
We can do better than this. Think what a boon spray-on tar would be! You could always have a can ready for city council meetings, party conferences, visits by luminaries, eco-nazies, race-baiters, Algore...I smell a business opportunity here.
“fiberglass house insulation. Or would that be too cruel.”
No - considering who we’d like to tar, I’d say your constraint is admirable. I guess feces would not adhere well to tar or glue, would it?
Sounds pretty safe to me. Time to bring it back.
They used molasses and feathers in Memphis wrestling with no fatal effects...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqxFSdZHC2U
Before tarring and feathering anyone with Stockholm Tar (The Yacht-Club version of plain old Pine Tar), permit me to suggest a much more non-racist adhesive that dries or cures clear and at ambient temperature: good old Polyester Resin. Make sure you do not use inappropriately coloured feathers: Rhode Island Red? Out. Plymouth Rock? Out. White Domestic Turkey or Leghorn? In. (and particularly appropriate for Dingy Harry Reid)
Plus, the Resin and Feather treatment can be applied with a chopper-gun, meaning you could be done and outa there before the SWAT arrives. Good luck and gentil plumerai la tete.
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