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In reply to the discussion: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark) Suggests We Could Take Care Of Iran With 'Several Days' Of Bombing [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)19. I vote for frozen leg of lamb:
"Lamb to the Slaughter" (1953) is a short story by Roald Dahl.
It was initially rejected, along with four other stories, by The New Yorker, but was ultimately published in Harper's Magazine in September 1953.[1]
It was adapted for an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and starred Barbara Bel Geddes. Originally broadcast on April 13, 1958, it was one of only 17 AHP episodes directed by Hitchcock himself. The story was subsequently adapted for Dahl's British TV series Tales of the Unexpected. Dahl included it in his short story compilation Someone like You.
"Lamb to the Slaughter" demonstrates Dahl's fascination with horror (with elements of black comedy), which is seen in both his adult fiction and his stories for children.[2] The story was supposedly suggested to Dahl by his friend Ian Fleming:
"Why don't you have someone murder their husband with a frozen leg of mutton which she then serves to the detectives who come to investigate the murder?"[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_to_the_Slaughter
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark) Suggests We Could Take Care Of Iran With 'Several Days' Of Bombing [View all]
Cali_Democrat
Apr 2015
OP
I don't think we should use Weapons of Massive Dumbassery on another country...
Thor_MN
Apr 2015
#29
Anything the US is involved in internationally involves the threat of military force you idiot
underpants
Apr 2015
#10
And it would take days, not weeks. We should have asked if it could have til all eternity.
Elmer S. E. Dump
Apr 2015
#17
Bombing nuclear manufacturing facilities and plutonium piles is just nonsensical.
truthisfreedom
Apr 2015
#21