Hanging corpse admired as art for a day.

DainBramaged

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Ewwww....what a nasty thing it would be to realize that this absolutely beautiful work of modern art was actually this dead guy. I think that they should sue... :)
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: Turin39789
it says a year after he hung himself, you think someone would have smelled something

I don't get it. It says he hanged himself a year ago, but the body hung for a whole day before they realized what it was?

:confused:

And wouldn't proper English be "...hung himself..."?
 

Eug

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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: Turin39789
it says a year after he hung himself, you think someone would have smelled something
I don't get it. It says he hanged himself a year ago, but the body hung for a whole day before they realized what it was?
He hung himself in a building that was closed 5 years ago. They just reopened it, and he hung there for a day before people figured out what it was.
 

Murphyrulez

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The building was closed, he hung himself a year ago in a deserted building. They just opened it up to begin repairing it, and a day after they started working, realized what it was.
 

Eli

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Wow.

I must've completely missed the last sentence. :Q:p

Carry on. ;)
 

Zenmervolt

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Originally posted by: Eli
And wouldn't proper English be "...hung himself..."?
No. When referring to a death by hanging, the proper past tense is "hanged". In all other cases it is indeed "hung", but not in this case.

ZV
 

EvilYoda

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That's just...weird. And to think, he made better art a year after he died than many of the students at the school, probably. ;)
 

PCMarine

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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: Turin39789
it says a year after he hung himself, you think someone would have smelled something

I don't get it. It says he hanged himself a year ago, but the body hung for a whole day before they realized what it was?

:confused:

And wouldn't proper English be "...hung himself..."?

actually "hanging people" is the exception that rule.

You hung a picture last week.

You hanged yourself last week. (something like that)

Edit - damn, too late
 

Wuffsunie

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Freaky that it happened that way! I'm quite amazed that the body would hold together in that position for a year. You'd think the neck would have rotted to the point where the gravity on the rotten and bloated body would have taken it down.

As for the title, though, I thought this was an intentional art show, not a mistake. Heck, I've heard of "art" being things like a half dozen hanged, decomposing rabbit carcasses, or a dress made of steaks that slowly decomposed while it was on exhibit. And I know that the former of the two exhibits actually got a government grant.
rolleye.gif


-- Jack

Aesthetic Meat Foundation: Just plain wrong. They do performance art with bits of real meat and gristle, as well as practice black magic and sell bondage gear. Well rounded.
-- Portal of Evi
 

godspeedx

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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: Turin39789
it says a year after he hung himself, you think someone would have smelled something

I don't get it. It says he hanged himself a year ago, but the body hung for a whole day before they realized what it was?

:confused:

And wouldn't proper English be "...hung himself..."?

Proper English:

"I hung the picture on the wall.
"He hanged himself."

When you're talking about hanging people it's "hanged".
 

WinkOsmosis

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Originally posted by: Wuffsunie
Freaky that it happened that way! I'm quite amazed that the body would hold together in that position for a year. You'd think the neck would have rotted to the point where the gravity on the rotten and bloated body would have taken it down.

As for the title, though, I thought this was an intentional art show, not a mistake. Heck, I've heard of "art" being things like a half dozen hanged, decomposing rabbit carcasses, or a dress made of steaks that slowly decomposed while it was on exhibit. And I know that the former of the two exhibits actually got a government grant.
rolleye.gif


-- Jack

Aesthetic Meat Foundation: Just plain wrong. They do performance art with bits of real meat and gristle, as well as practice black magic and sell bondage gear. Well rounded.
-- Portal of Evi

A purpose of art is to make you think.
 

RossGr

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Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: Eli
And wouldn't proper English be "...hung himself..."?
No. When referring to a death by hanging, the proper past tense is "hanged". In all other cases it is indeed "hung", but not in this case.

ZV

Humm... so he was hung, untill they relized the error, then he became hanged!