John Barnett before death "if anything happens, it's not suicide", claims friend

Re:John Barnett before death "if anything happens, it's not ... by Thlom on Friday March 15, 2024 @04:15AM (#39713247)

One of the richest men in Norway cultivated a relationship with a torpedo and used his services on several occasions. It happens.

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Re:John Barnett before death "if anything happens, it's not ... by vidarh on Friday March 15, 2024 @04:29AM (#39713322)

As a fellow Norwegian now living in the UK: That term is so archaic and unusual in English that odds are quite a few people won't know it at all (In 24 years in the UK I don't think I've ever heard it used)

For the non-Norwegians: "Torpedo" in Norwegian has adopted the 1920s US slang for a hit man / hired gun, and in Norwegian it's in common, contemporary use, though more often for threats and violence than outright murder.

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Re:John Barnett before death "if anything happens, it's not ... by Wildgoose on Friday March 15, 2024 @06:25AM (#39713992)

Thanks, I hadn't heard that before.

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Re:John Barnett before death "if anything happens, it's not ... by smegger001 on Friday March 15, 2024 @09:00AM (#39715011)

Okay that was making me think of the guy who had intimate relations with unexploded WWII artillery shell a few years ago (https://www.businessinsider.com/france-man-had-wwi-shell-lod...) and wondering how a that would work physically considering the size of a torpedo, and how it related to hitmen. Thing are much clearer now.

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