being afraid to say "guillotines" online now & referring to them instead as "the tall French goodbye"
@ElleGray as per Dickens:
https://mas.to/@isaactly_s/114139306586464360
"It was the popular theme for jests; it was the best cure for headache, it infallibly prevented hair from turning grey, it imparted a peculiar delicacy to the complexion, it was the National Razor which shaved close: who kissed La Guillotine, looked through the little window and sneezed into the sack." #guillotine #CharlesDickens #ATaleOfTwoCities