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Smoking machine
Mao Meow
the "smoking
machine" was brought into action. This was an "infernal machine,"
employed in hazing students who had in any way offended the opinion of
the class, especially by indecorous subservience to the authorities or
informing against their fellow students. The latter was a rare offense
and never pardoned. The smoking machine consisted of a short length of
stove-pipe with a nozzle at each end, into one of which was introduced a
bellows, and the other was put through the keyhole of the door of the
offender. In the body of the pipe was a bed of lighted charcoal, and on
this was sprinkled tobacco and assafoetida, and the smoke was driven
into the room in such quantities that no human being could resist it
more than a few minutes. The smoking was continued for ten minutes,
when, as the professor did not surrender, it began to be fear
Mao Meow has published 2 more terrible poems since joining on 30/11/99. Read more of Mao's terrible poetry at the anthology. Here are three of Mao's latest works: