# This is only a test.  Had this been an actual emergency...

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**Created:** [May 24, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test-had-this-been-an-actual-emergency/305228 "2005-05-24T05:08:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test-had-this-been-an-actual-emergency/305228/1 "2005-05-24T05:08:39Z")

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You can’t hang a man with a wooden leg.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test-had-this-been-an-actual-emergency/305228/2 "2005-05-24T05:33:01Z")

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Yeah, you need rope for that. It’s awfully hard to tie knots in wood.

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**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test-had-this-been-an-actual-emergency/305228/3 "2005-05-24T11:36:14Z")

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As we are just testing here.

1 x 10[sup]-23[/sup]

**fdfdfdfd**

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**Author:** ![SlyFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SlyFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlyFrog)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test-had-this-been-an-actual-emergency/305228/4 "2005-05-26T03:30:00Z")

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> [@Casey1505](#):
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> You can’t hang a man with a wooden leg.

A man with a wooden leg is by definition hung.