I’m morbidly fascinated by the little details. He fully undressed and placed his clothes in a pile, and with toes rigidly pointed is going to town on the hole in the rock while a line of people look on waiting for their turn.
I’m thinking it wasn’t just a matter of time, actually.
The ceremonial aspect really does give it a creepy vibe.
I think, since they were next in line to try to remove the sword, that it was spur of the moment when they guy in front of him successfully pulled it out
People took those things seriously back then. I shudder at the thought of what it would look like nowadays.
And you know they aren’t washing it out each time…
“It stuck now”
“the cylinder must exit unharmed”
“Instruction no clear”
Let it fall over and it’ll come out
…but me willing to pivot business model based on user feedback.
the first battle over authorial intent
Maybe even the first “death of the author” if he kept interrupting.
To be fair, a shaft is supposed to go in there, just not that kind of shaft.
I feel chafed
A bit rough, eh?
These are cavemen with cavedicks. Cmon now.
Proof the reptilian brain impulses precede mans conscious thought.
