Anyone who bites off a free man's nose must pay an
      indemnity of a pound of silver, and give his farm
      buildings as security.
                                   -The Hittite Code, c. 1350 B.C.

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  I understand that this is one of the international law precedents that
President Bush cited when deciding to intervene in the Iraq vs. Kuwait 
dispute.

  Welcome to grex, Mulberry.

In order to be codified, this must have been a fairly regular occurrence.
Gross.

 That doesn't necessarily follow.

Perhaps the law was written with tongue in cheek.

  Or nose in cheek?

of course a nose on the face is worth two in the hand. ;)

re 2, not necessarily.

OK - so sit down and think about which things that don't happen very often that
you want laws passed against. Pretty boring, right? (Unless of course you're
on your 4th beer or using other substances that give you the giggles). The only
place where they engage in this kind of nonsense on a regular basis is Ohio.
An acquaintance of mine was once arrested at gunpoint for not carrying an
anchor and suitable length of anchor rope in his kayak on a small river/creek 
in Toledo.

   Hmmm. Charged with vagrancy?

In Chicago, it's against the law to put your head down on a bar.

But putting your head down on a bar is not a highly unusual thing to do, at 
least if you've been drinking. Biting someone's nose off is (unless you've been
drinking and someone has suggested the activity to you)

Maybe there were alot of "nosey" people in the Hittite lands?

Orwell is desparately trying to save this conference...

Alright  1..2...3.. CLEAR!./

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