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<blockquote data-quote="sjmiller" data-source="post: 3290259" data-attributes="member: 17262">Well, first you have to know the answer, which I will break my usual rule and give you.&nbsp; The answer is a guillotine.A guillotine was usually made of hickory, a common wood in France.The area you stand on is called the dock, and looked a bit like a fishing dock.A common nickname for a blade of any size was a Mouse.The part of the guillotine that held the Mouse is tall and thin, looking much like a grandfather clock.One o'clock was the usual time for public executions.&nbsp; Since executions were a big show (so to speak) they were held at a time of day that would allow people to arrive from all around town and the countryside, watch the &quot;festivities&quot; and get back home before dark.So, there you have a nice, cheerful little story for the kids.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="sjmiller, post: 3290259, member: 17262"] Well, first you have to know the answer, which I will break my usual rule and give you. The answer is a guillotine. A guillotine was usually made of hickory, a common wood in France. The area you stand on is called the dock, and looked a bit like a fishing dock. A common nickname for a blade of any size was a Mouse. The part of the guillotine that held the Mouse is tall and thin, looking much like a grandfather clock. One o'clock was the usual time for public executions. Since executions were a big show (so to speak) they were held at a time of day that would allow people to arrive from all around town and the countryside, watch the "festivities" and get back home before dark. So, there you have a nice, cheerful little story for the kids. :confused: [/QUOTE]

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