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[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just assumed this was how Italians did capital punishment.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You get a choice: Death by cheese, death by pasta, or death by marinara

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is death by pasta being hanged?

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah, you're whipped to death a cat o' nine tails made of cooked spaghetti

[–] TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Half cooked spaghetti would be more durable and effective.

[–] Samwizegamgi42@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] isame@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

You got a genuine chuckle out of me. Life's been a bit unkind lately, so thank you.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] UntouchedWagons@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

It just works.

[–] Axiochus@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

I wonder what the protocol is for the cheese. Like, how much do you salvage? You'll obviously want to save as much as possible without grossing out customers. Maybe you let the family eat the cheese most responsible for the death, as a kind of scapecheese? Or you do a reverse firing squad kind of deal where the cheeses are cleaned and randomized to share the blame.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

He should have just kept opening his inventory to eat them as the fell. What a noob.

[–] OrnatePotato 7 points 2 years ago

He knew the risks.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 2 years ago

Dovahkin, on a nearby mountain top: "Uh oh! Overencumbered. Hmmm.... I don't think I need all these wheels of cheese now that I have 30 million health potions. Off you go!"

Meanwhile

Italian man: "I sure hope I don't get crushed under the weight of thousands of falling cheese wheels, today."

[–] GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] dilligasatall@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Not very gouda.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

As much as this is tragic, I can't help but think about that episode of TNG when Worf got hit by a falling barrel and nearly died.

https://media.tenor.com/XbPBguZizYkAAAAd/worf-the-next-generation.gif

[–] 6mementomori@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I can't even imagine what your last sight would be like

[–] donuts@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago
[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

"Do you think they got a new shipment of cheese wheels in the corner market today?"

"Look. This is every cheese wheel in the game."

"Townton is so beautiful this time of day."

insane laugh

/haver

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The fate of one of the many unnamed NPC residents of Townton