Geecologist » execution http://geecologist.org Half geek, half ecologist, half wit Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:58:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Third Policeman http://geecologist.org/2009/the-third-policeman-3/ http://geecologist.org/2009/the-third-policeman-3/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 15:11:07 +0000 The Geecologist http://thegeecologist.myfirstaeroplane.org/?p=430 The Third Policeman

‘The last hanging we had in this parish,’ he said, ‘was thiry years ago. It was a very famous man called MacDadd. He held the record for the hundred miles on a solid tyre. I need to tell you what the solid tyre did for him. We had to hand the bicycle.’

‘Hang the bicycle?’

‘MacDadd had a first-class grudge against another man called Figgerson but he did not go near Figgerson. He knew how things stood and gave Figgerson’s bicycle a terrible thrashing with a crowbar. After that MacDadd and Figgerson had a fight and Figgerson – a dark man with glasses – did not live to know who the winner was. There was a great wake and he was buried with his bicycle. Did you ever see a bicycle-shaped coffin?’

‘No.’

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