Death by Coconut

Re:Death by Coconut by netule on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @04:12PM (#29642158)

Reminds me of the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, who was purportedly killed by having a turtle shell dropped on his head by a vulture who mistook his bald head for a rock.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus

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Re:Death by Coconut by smegger001 on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @08:40PM (#29644572)

I wonder if that is what inspired Terry Prattchet, in Small Gods the inquisitor Vorbis is killed when a tortoise falls on his head having being dropped by a eagle. that tortoise is also his god turned into a tortoise due to lack of belief.

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Re:Death by Coconut by Symbiote on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @06:40AM (#29648013)

Pratchett would probably have corrected the APF if this were untrue.

https://www.lspace.org/books/apf/small-gods.html

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Re:Death by Coconut by major505 on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @04:40PM (#29642437)

well, if you gonna die in a stupid way, it might as well be in a way that have people thinking how the hell that happened.

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