"modom (palindrome guy)" <moc.etoyok@modom> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:23:37 -0500, Goomba38 >
> wrote:
>> Unless they're
>>having food concessions held at the event-what is the purpose of putting
>>yet another off topic post here?
>
> What would one serve at a hanging? Hanger steaks, perhaps. Or string
> cheese -- OK that's a stretch.
>
> Let me get back to you on this...
> --


Traditionally, hangings in the US were treated like special celebratory
events, complete with concessions. They were public events, held at
the town square through as late as the 1940s.