# This just in:  A gunman is atop a crane in Atlanta

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 21, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-a-gunman-is-atop-a-crane-in-atlanta/69623 "2001-06-21T14:43:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-a-gunman-is-atop-a-crane-in-atlanta/69623/21 "2001-06-22T14:26:34Z")

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Dead meat is also hung.

🙂

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-a-gunman-is-atop-a-crane-in-atlanta/69623/22 "2001-06-22T21:12:25Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Montfort \*  
> \*\*Paintings are hung on a wall. Suicides and executioned prisoners are hanged. \*\*

_blush_ I knew that. I was trying to remember at one point today which one I used, and I had just about convinced myself that I had, in fact, used “hanged”. Guess I was wrong.

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-a-gunman-is-atop-a-crane-in-atlanta/69623/23 "2001-06-23T01:11:29Z")

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well, monfort, the little saying i learned for hanged and hung was:

men are hanged,  
horses are hung.

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-a-gunman-is-atop-a-crane-in-atlanta/69623/24 "2001-06-23T03:48:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by rocking chair \*  
> \*\*well, monfort, the little saying i learned for hanged and hung was:
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> men are hanged,  
> horses are hung.  
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And some men are both fortunate and unfortunate to be both hung and hanged. :eek:

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