Forum: MarketPlace Showcase


Subject: Next Virtual Backlot installment in progress...

liteluvr opened this issue on Sep 09, 2003 ยท 33 posts


ChuckEvans posted Sat, 20 September 2003 at 10:27 AM

"Hmmm... wonder what kinda penalties a medieval homeowner's association would have imposed?" Maybe restrictions on the height of gallows? Or the color of stocks? (LOL) Uh-oh, here comes an interesting tidbit (well, to me, anyway). I toured a museum of punishment in Germany. There was a "torture" device that had a nickname of the "bakers dunker" (or something like that). It was a device that a person was strapped into and dunked into the river. Most often, this punishment was used for bakers. You see, loaves of bread were baked in brick ovens (and sold). And, quality control wasn't up to snuff in those days, so there was a "measuring tool" used to determine if the loaf of bread was too small. It was a small hole in a wall. IF the loaf of bread could fit inside it, it was deemed too small and the baker was determined to be cheating people out of a proper loaf of bread. If it was too big to fit in the hole, the loaf was considered to be of appropriate size. So, for bakers, erring on the size of "too big" was much more desireable than turning out one too small. If it was too small, he found himself in the dunking chair. OK, I've bored you enough. Looking forward to the model, lite!