Talk:Tickle torture

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Contents 1 Chinese ticle torture 2 Citiation 3 Torture began with tickling 4 Added a few instances of "tickle torture" from old newspaper accounts 5 Tone 6 A Disney channel movie

[edit] Chinese ticle torture

See: Talk:Chinese tickle torture for the discussion on this subject. -Husnock 06:17, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citiation

We need a citation for the claim of ancient Romans coating the sole of a foot with salt water and a goat licking the soles of the feet. --Ottokarf

As a goat breeder, I don't see how the alleged Roman version of the torture would end up being painful. I'm willing to experiment if anyone wants to argue about it.Cstaffa (talk) 05:15, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

The last form of tickle torture is the deadly kind. You can't eat, sleep, or drink while laughing, so if someone were to strap you down and tickle you for days on end, you would almost certainly die.

If you were strapped down for days on end you would die anyway.-Agent_Koopa 19:13, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

But not as quickly as if you had been deprived of sleep, food or drink. -86.134.52.28

It seems to have been changed to "The last form of tickle torture is the deadly kind. One purported example of this torture was used in Ancient Rome, where a person’s feet are dipped in a salt solution, and a goat is brought in to lick the solution off." this doesnt imply it being deadly.

[edit] Torture began with tickling

I have no doubt that tickling is a form of torture. I have heard that tickling was the oridgenal meaning of the word torture and/or the oridgenal form of torture. The same television programme claimed that it came from ancient Macedonia. Other meanings of the word torture all seem to have someting in common with tickling. There are other methods of torture that cause pain only through lactic acid not just tickling. I doubt that pain is an essential element of torture.

P.S. Macedonia is not in China.

So you'll be citing your sources as "some TV program i saw".

The word 'Torture' comes from the Latin 'Torquere' meaning 'to twist', so it is very unlikely to have anything to do with Tickling.

This whole article seems to be riddled with problems and seems to need a massive rewrite. Man from the Ministry (talk) 04:06, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Added a few instances of "tickle torture" from old newspaper accounts

Considering the number of newspapers out there and the length of time for which they have been printed, there might be more accounts out there somewhere. Sebol van Latnorf (talk) 23:22, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tone

I think it's the newspaper accounts that are causing the issue here, but the tone of the first half of this article is more like a magazine article than an encyclopedia. The info from the articles can be incorporated without making it sound so informal. Gladys J Cortez 14:42, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A Disney channel movie

I recall a Disney channel movie in the late eighties/early 90's, where a kid's Mom or sister is captured and are interrogated by the villain, so they tickle her feet with a feather duster for what seemed a long time, until the kid rescued her.

I remember the woman was in her 20's or 30's and had kinda long feet. Also, she seemed very overly ticklish, like overacting. This seems like a good example, if I am remembering right. I can't remember the name...or am I thinking of something else? —Preceding unsigned comment added by EveilWeevil (talk • contribs) 06:43, 21 March 2008 (UTC)