The last meal
@allknowing (136532)
India
November 24, 2022 7:09pm CST
I read a report about a convict in the US who was asked to choose food worth US $25 as his last meal before hanging, he went for his favourite food and finished every bit of it.
What confuses me is how anyone can eat knowing he will be hanged. When I get upset for whatever reason the first casualty is my appetite. Not just food I cannot even apply my mind to anything.
Do you also lose your appetite or lose interest in doing anything when you are upset?
Here is what Wikipedia says about 'why the last meal'
“In Ancient Greece, you had to feed the person who was going to be executed, so that they could cross the River Styx into the underworld, and not come back as a hungry ghost"
And the tradition continues!!!
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Nov 22
Exactly if anything really upsets me I definitely cannot eat anything,
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@allknowing (136532)
• India
25 Nov 22
How can these convicts eat is a question that needs an answer (lol) When was the last time that happened to you I had lost the mother cat and her kids a few months ago and that is when I was disturbed.
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@Treborika (17697)
• Mombasa, Kenya
25 Nov 22
@allknowing I too think the same way
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Nov 22
@allknowing I have been lucky lately that nothing has happened to really upset me,
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@Beestring (14561)
• Hong Kong
25 Nov 22
That's an interesting story about "the last meal". Here, we have the goddess of forgetfulness in Chinese mythology, who serves Soup on the Bridge of Forgetfulness. This soup wipes the memory of the person so they can reincarnate into the next life without the burdens of the previous life.
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@RebeccasFarm (89873)
• Arvada, Colorado
25 Nov 22
I believe since these people have a lot of time to think and know they are going to die, they condition their mind to eat.
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@allknowing (136532)
• India
26 Nov 22
@RebeccasFarm With the kind of mind set that presents itself after being in jail for years I suppose that would be possible.
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@RebeccasFarm (89873)
• Arvada, Colorado
26 Nov 22
@allknowing And if it were me, I would dine on the finest I could get.
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@allknowing (136532)
• India
25 Nov 22
Does your appetite get affected when you are upset?
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@Tampa_girl7 (50256)
• United States
25 Nov 22
I’ve never heard this story about the last meal before.
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@allknowing (136532)
• India
25 Nov 22
I took interest as I read about this convict who ordered for his favourite food and ate well too.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50256)
• United States
25 Nov 22
@allknowing like you I would t have an appetite.
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@GardenGerty (160697)
• United States
25 Nov 22
Thanks for explaining that last meal to me.
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@innertalks (21919)
• Australia
26 Nov 22
I have not heard of this, but Jesus Christ enjoyed a last supper with his disciples, before he was crucified.
I have heard of last words, though. Both Zen masters and convicts have given famous last words.
Ned Kelly, a bushranger criminal here, last words were, "Such is life."
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@allknowing (136532)
• India
26 Nov 22
Jesus was not a criminal and the meal was organised by Him and not the Government of those days
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@allknowing (136532)
• India
26 Nov 22
@innertalks This action of Jesus cannot be compared with the convicts' last meal
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@allknowing (136532)
• India
25 Nov 22
May be with years of being in jail their mind would be totally in a state that they just do not understand what is going on.
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@allknowing (136532)
• India
26 Nov 22
@Shiva49 No one knows what goes on in the minds of those convicts in their last moments.
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@Shiva49 (26684)
• Singapore
26 Nov 22
@allknowing Yes, Z A Bhutto could not wrap his head around the fact he was going to lose his till the final moment. After all, he was the former PM of Pakistan and had appointed the executioner, sort of, Zia-ul-Haq who was the President then.
The final moments could well be a blur. And to hell with it!
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@allknowing (136532)
• India
25 Nov 22
For me anything that upsets me leads to no appetite.
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@aninditasen (16397)
• Raurkela, India
25 Nov 22
I too lose my appetite when I am upset. I don't think all convicts eat before getting hanged.
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@allknowing (136532)
• India
25 Nov 22
There are many as per reports that one finds on the Net.
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@allknowing (136532)
• India
26 Nov 22
@aninditasen Mechanically is more like it.
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@aninditasen (16397)
• Raurkela, India
26 Nov 22
@allknowing Maybe but I think they might be eating mechanically or they might be starved.
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@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
25 Nov 22
I would surely enjoy my last meal. But I dont hope to be in such a situation.
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@Treborika (17697)
• Mombasa, Kenya
25 Nov 22
I don't really enjoy any last food for my life on earth
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@Treborika (17697)
• Mombasa, Kenya
25 Nov 22
I would loose the appetite as soon as I know it that I would be hanged the next day
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@Treborika (17697)
• Mombasa, Kenya
26 Nov 22
@allknowing I too pray not to encounter such an experience
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