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Boomhauer Mar 27th 2013 5:45 am

Career opportunity; Saudi Arabia looking for a few good Swordsman, must be punctual.
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...swordsmen.html

Sue Mar 27th 2013 2:37 pm

Re: Career opportunity; Saudi Arabia looking for a few good Swordsman, must be punctu
 

Originally Posted by Boomhauer (Post 10626007)

Wonder what one needs to have as previous job experience for a role like that?

Kix Mar 27th 2013 2:51 pm

Re: Career opportunity; Saudi Arabia looking for a few good Swordsman, must be punctu
 

Originally Posted by Sue (Post 10626836)
Wonder what one needs to have as previous job experience for a role like that?

Halal registered butcher?

Olympic gold medallist?

Knight of the round table?

UKCityGent Mar 27th 2013 2:54 pm

Re: Career opportunity; Saudi Arabia looking for a few good Swordsman, must be punctu
 
Wonder what the salary and benefits are ?

Id do it - no hesitation ...

Beakersful Mar 28th 2013 8:08 am

Re: Career opportunity; Saudi Arabia looking for a few good Swordsman, must be punctu
 
You'd think with a worldwide recession there'd be 400 applicants for each job making cuts.

scot47 Mar 28th 2013 11:23 am

Re: Career opportunity; Saudi Arabia looking for a few good Swordsman, must be punctu
 
Muslims only.

kittycat1 Mar 28th 2013 2:40 pm

Re: Career opportunity; Saudi Arabia looking for a few good Swordsman, must be punctu
 

executions were marred by confusion as the executioner was late in showing up at the designated public placeā€.
sounds about right!

britexpat76 Mar 28th 2013 2:46 pm

Re: Career opportunity; Saudi Arabia looking for a few good Swordsman, must be punctu
 

Originally Posted by Kix (Post 10626873)
Halal registered butcher?

Olympic gold medallist?

Knight of the round table?

Sushi Chef.

redShark Mar 28th 2013 4:50 pm

Re: Career opportunity; Saudi Arabia looking for a few good Swordsman, must be punctu
 

Originally Posted by scot47 (Post 10628518)
Muslims only.

Or French..

Like it used to be in France, the executioner job in Saudi is actually a family trade, involving a skill that is passed from one generation to another. The skill required in this job is extreme synchronization, otherwise it gets very messy. The guy to lose his head needs to relax, and one of the ways to accomplish this is to distract his attention. For example, the executioner would ask the guy a question, to get him to do some thinking and in a split second the job is done.

In France, the last execution by guillotine actually took place in Marseilles on September 1977, and the last guillotine executioner to die was Fernand Meyssonnier who died in 2008, check him out here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernand_Meyssonnier

Boomhauer Mar 28th 2013 5:08 pm

Re: Career opportunity; Saudi Arabia looking for a few good Swordsman, must be punctu
 

Originally Posted by redShark (Post 10629163)
Or French..

Like it used to be in France, the executioner job in Saudi is actually a family trade, involving a skill that is passed from one generation to another. The skill required in this job is extreme synchronization, otherwise it gets very messy. The guy to lose his head needs to relax, and one of the ways to accomplish this is to distract his attention. For example, the executioner would ask the guy a question, to get him to do some thinking and in a split second the job is done.

Saudi drugs the victim, do they not.
I read a news article some years back about the chief executioner. He did say the job was handed down but hisson didn't want it. He also mentioned he can't recall how many he beheaded but he sleeps well at night because it is the will of Allah and that he is doing god's work.


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