Sri Lanka is accepting applications for the post of hangman. A de facto moratorium on executions may be about to end, and there's a lot of work to do. [Reuters]

  • ChicagoD

    I am pretty good at hangman, but I feel like not speaking Bangla would be a major disadvantage. Vanna White seems like a natural hangman’s assistant.

  • Paul Renault

    If there’s only one position left open, it should be obvious what the word is, no?

    /Yes, I’m a nagger.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/Freethinkersanon Christopher
  • http://twitter.com/rvitelli Romeo Vitelli
  • http://twitter.com/variablerush Bradley Hall

    The Reuters post says that one of their former hangmen was promoted. Promoted to what??  Guillotine operator? 

    • http://twitter.com/ErnestValdemar Ernest Valdemar

      Promoted to mid-level management. Now he sits in a cubicle doing executions resource planning, updating convict status in the Excel spreadsheet, mucking around in SAP, and preparing weekly reports for senior Corrections management. Sometimes he misses working outdoors, but it’s hard to argue with that paycheck.