2nd trip to Bohemia: a journey of Abstrusions

TxRad · Feb 4, 2014

But Ogg.....

What about the sixteen, ten foot or better alligators you'll be putting out of business? Not to mention the overpopulation of tourists, small children, and little ankle biter dogs. Then there would be no place to dump all that pink paint Abs keeps confiscating. Not to mention, no place to hide the bodies.

We definitely need the moat.

oggbashan · Feb 4, 2014

Hiding bodies in the moat is unsanitary. Unless they are fresh, the alligators would refuse to eat them.

What you need for bodies is an Oubliette - a bottle-shapped underground chamber only entered from the top. Throw the bodies down, follow with a good layer of earth, and the problem is solved until the Oubliette is full.

The best castles had Oubliettes outside the main walls so that any decomposition didn't affect the water supply. [Aside - It is thought that the Bronte sisters suffered ill-health because their water supply was from a well that was polluted by bodies in the Church cemetery uphill from their house.]

A properly constructed dry ditch keeps tourists and ankle-biters out. If it is at least thirty feet deep with vertical walls there is no way they are going to cross it when the drawbridge is raised. If they fall in, there's no way out, and a few properly placed caponiers allows target practice.

Picture of Caponier in dry ditch. It needs cleaning out. The square openings were for cannon firing grapeshot, later used for crew-served machine guns.

ABSTRUSE · Mar 16, 2014

Body hiding...that takes me back.

TxRad · Mar 16, 2014

ABSTRUSE said:
Body hiding...that takes me back.

You're out and about either too early or too late. :kiss:

_Lynn_ · Mar 31, 2014

I'll just help myself to a drink, since the place appears to be empty.

Handley_Page · Apr 1, 2014

oggbashan said:
Moats are overrated. They stink, breed mosquitos in the Summer, flood the castle in Winter and make providing the essential services - water, gas, electricity and sewage - ten times as expensive as they need to be.

A dry ditch is better. You can remove the dead attackers before they start to decay.

The moat of the Tower of London was one of the worst designed anywhere. I was supposed to be tidal, scoured by every tide. It wasn't. The water just sat there and became stagnant. All the toilets were flushed into the moat and there the effluvium stayed.

The Tower moat was drained in Queen Victoria's reign, grassed and turned into tennis courts for the Yeoman Warders - much more sanitary. The toilets were connected to Bazalgette's main sewer and the Tower stink abated.

Think several times before installing a moat - and then decide against it - please.

A very interesting cautionary tale, Ogg.
I was pondering about a leat from the local river and into the field drain to flush the damned thing.

SweetWitch · Jul 18, 2014

Took forever to find this thread...

JagFarlane · Jul 18, 2014

That buried huh? -gets to wiping off the dust-

Handley_Page · Jul 18, 2014

I suspect Molly is practising the arts of the Archaeologist.
:rose:

TxRad · Jul 18, 2014

JagFarlane said:
That buried huh? -gets to wiping off the dust-

Wiping dust? We usually just use a fire hose.

JagFarlane · Jul 18, 2014

Trying to stay within the archaeologist rules

Though considering what used to happen in the old room, a firehose with AFFF sounds like a damned good idea.

TxRad · Jul 18, 2014

JagFarlane said:
Trying to stay within the archaeologist rules

Though considering what used to happen in the old room, a firehose with AFFF sounds like a damned good idea.

A coat of Pink paint in the office always lifts the spirits.

Ours, not the owners.

SweetWitch · Jul 18, 2014

Ooo, look at all the fun.

Can we choose a different color? I don't want to feel like I'm walking into a room full of pepto bismo vomit.

TxRad · Jul 18, 2014

SweetWitch said:
Ooo, look at all the fun.

Can we choose a different color? I don't want to feel like I'm walking into a room full of pepto bismo vomit.

Now you're sounding like Abs. How about slurple.

SweetWitch · Jul 18, 2014

TxRad said:
Now you're sounding like Abs. How about slurple.

Black

TxRad · Jul 19, 2014

SweetWitch said:
Black

We don't want to match moods. Lets keep it fun.

How about a bright and sunny yellow?

SweetWitch · Jul 19, 2014

TxRad said:
We don't want to match moods. Lets keep it fun.

How about a bright and sunny yellow?

Hell no. Red.

_Lynn_ · Jul 19, 2014

Does this place still serve water?

SweetWitch · Jul 19, 2014

_Lynn_ said:
Does this place still serve water?

I don't know. I don't come here often.

_Lynn_ · Jul 19, 2014

SweetWitch said:
I don't know. I don't come here often.

Eh, I'll wander around the back and see what I can find.

TxRad · Jul 19, 2014

_Lynn_ said:
Eh, I'll wander around the back and see what I can find.

Maybe I should go with ya. Wandering around n here alone could be dangerous.

JagFarlane · Jul 19, 2014

SweetWitch said:
Hell no. Red.

Split the difference, Orange

_Lynn_ · Jul 19, 2014

TxRad said:
Maybe I should go with ya. Wandering around n here alone could be dangerous.

Wandering around with you could be dangerous, too. :devil:

TxRad · Jul 19, 2014

_Lynn_ said:
Wandering around with you could be dangerous, too.

Who Me?

Just watch the dark corners. :devil:

_Lynn_ · Jul 19, 2014

TxRad said:
Who Me?

Just watch the dark corners.

What, you won't protect me?

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