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Anyone else notice.....SPOILERS!

posted 8 years ago by cooldougie
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When Blackbeard kept being hoisted over the side?He went down feet first, but came up feet first!Oops!

[–] RightfulFireLordIroh 8 years ago

That's how it works.

The Emperor has no clothes.

[–] cooldougie 8 years ago

How?

[–] RightfulFireLordIroh 8 years ago

The pulled him under the ship. So he came up on the opposite side.

The Emperor has no clothes.

[–] cooldougie 8 years ago

Did they?Thought he was just dragged up the side?

[–] philoctotes 8 years ago

It's a famous form of torture/execution called "keelhauling." The victim is dragged beneath/against the bottom of the ship to be shredded by barnacles and drown.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keelhauling

[–] clickbait (193) 8 years ago

what?? what do you mean thought that he was just dragged up the side?? didnt you see the whole scene and episode? they clearly showed that he was dragged under the ship and it looked fucking brutal...imagine just having no dick left when you get back up....the pain....

[–] macadoom55 8 years ago

You are wrong, he went in head first every time, and came up head first every time.[spoiler]

[–] Stratego (30498) 7 years ago

I did notice how xenophobic this show is.