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Dec. 27th, 2007 11:05 amRight-wing theo-conservative Bush-humping regular The Straight Dope poster waterboards himself to find out what the big deal is about.
His conclusion? Absolutely, unambiguously, without a doubt, 100% is it torture, and after experiencing it for *seconds*, under his own control, he's perfectly willing to say that he'd rather have bamboo under his fingernails and his bones broken with hammers than experience it again.
Oddly enough, this appears to be the same reaction that every single person to have ever experienced anything like it has.
His conclusion? Absolutely, unambiguously, without a doubt, 100% is it torture, and after experiencing it for *seconds*, under his own control, he's perfectly willing to say that he'd rather have bamboo under his fingernails and his bones broken with hammers than experience it again.
Oddly enough, this appears to be the same reaction that every single person to have ever experienced anything like it has.