(n.) the main problem in your life that rears its' ugly head every so often. Quite likely a poor relation that busts into your office and starts frenching a secretary to a fellow member of the board. Those poor bastards.
by Kung-Fu Jesus May 04, 2004
Get the wrecking ball mug.Not be be confused with a brothel, a knocking shop is simply a house which has been elected to be the main place of sexual intercourse by those in thier teens. Usually belonging to a couple of rarely there parents.
by Kung-Fu Jesus June 03, 2004
Get the knocking shop mug.(v.) To go down to the nearest catholic girls school during ones' lunchbreak and reach orgasm, whether it be by hand or underage schoolgirl (or boy)
John has a thing for religious chicks and molesting kids. After they reported his lunchtime religious experience, he had to hide in the bushes and jack off. What he didn't know was that the local dealer used to do his thing around there, and beat he shit out of him.
by Kung-Fu Jesus May 15, 2004
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Get the helluva mug."Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."
---bad song, annoying
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."
---bad song, annoying
by Kung-Fu Jesus May 29, 2004
Get the Land Down Under mug.A: My glasses are smashed! I can't go to work because I cannot see!
B: You can see close up, can't you, four-eyes?
A: Well, yes, but...
B: OK slacker, BACK TO WORK!
B: You can see close up, can't you, four-eyes?
A: Well, yes, but...
B: OK slacker, BACK TO WORK!
by Kung-Fu Jesus May 06, 2004
Get the the show must go on mug.In the years after 1660 the number of offences carrying the death penalty increased enormously, from about 50, to 160 by 1750 and to 288 by 1815. You could be hanged for stealing goods worth 5 shillings (25p), stealing from a shipwreck, pilfering from a Naval Dockyard, damaging Westminster Bridge, impersonating a Chelsea Pensioner or cutting down a young tree. This series of laws was called (later) "The Bloody Code."
Why was the Bloody Code passed? After the turmoil of the 17th century, the landowning class emerged as supreme rulers of Britain. They based their power on property-ownership, and saw the law's main purpose as protecting property. They were ruling a country of 6.5 million, most of whom had no political rights whatsoever. The crime rate was not high, actually, (see Gallery Crime 1450-1700), but they feared that it was, as towns grew in size and the old village community crumbled. There was also no police force (see Gallery Crime Prevention 1450-1700). The Bloody Code was therefore a threat: severe retribution would happen to those thinking of breaking the law by infringing property rights.
A great deal was made of hangings. They were held in public and thousands turned out to watch, especially in London, at Tyburn (see Tyburn Jig). The intention was clearly to act as a deterrent to others to observe the laws -or else.
Yet, in fact, fewer people were hanged under the Bloody Code than before it. Numbers of people hanged per year in London and Devon:
Early 17th century Early 18th century
London 150 20
Devon 25 3
Offenders escaped the noose at many points: sometimes the charge was reduced to below capital levels (this could go to ridiculous lengths, as in the charge "Stole £5 value 10 pence"). Juries were reluctant to find people guilty. Judges let offenders off and offenders sometimes agreed to join the army or navy instead. As a last resort, petitions for mercy were often answered. The system therefore held the death threat in readiness, but could show mercy: either way, power of life or death lay with the powerful.
Why was the Bloody Code passed? After the turmoil of the 17th century, the landowning class emerged as supreme rulers of Britain. They based their power on property-ownership, and saw the law's main purpose as protecting property. They were ruling a country of 6.5 million, most of whom had no political rights whatsoever. The crime rate was not high, actually, (see Gallery Crime 1450-1700), but they feared that it was, as towns grew in size and the old village community crumbled. There was also no police force (see Gallery Crime Prevention 1450-1700). The Bloody Code was therefore a threat: severe retribution would happen to those thinking of breaking the law by infringing property rights.
A great deal was made of hangings. They were held in public and thousands turned out to watch, especially in London, at Tyburn (see Tyburn Jig). The intention was clearly to act as a deterrent to others to observe the laws -or else.
Yet, in fact, fewer people were hanged under the Bloody Code than before it. Numbers of people hanged per year in London and Devon:
Early 17th century Early 18th century
London 150 20
Devon 25 3
Offenders escaped the noose at many points: sometimes the charge was reduced to below capital levels (this could go to ridiculous lengths, as in the charge "Stole £5 value 10 pence"). Juries were reluctant to find people guilty. Judges let offenders off and offenders sometimes agreed to join the army or navy instead. As a last resort, petitions for mercy were often answered. The system therefore held the death threat in readiness, but could show mercy: either way, power of life or death lay with the powerful.
by Kung-Fu Jesus April 30, 2004
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