re: #707 lawhawk

He was buried in the backyard, immersed in heated oil until his skin blistered and then attached to a stretching machine at a hospital, all in the attempt to make him become taller. Eventually he was sold by his father at age 9 to a traveling show in Europe, Fricke said.

Reading about parents of just a few generations ago, it’s amazing everyone isn’t even more screwed up than they are.