Man gets 30 lashes for smoking on plane

A Sudanese man has been sentenced to 30 lashes for smoking on a domestic Saudi Arabian Airlines flight, local media reported on Monday.

The unnamed man had refused to put out his cigarette on the flight to the Red Sea port city of Jeddah from Qurayyat in northern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Gazette said.

He was arrested by police when the aircraft landed in Jeddah and sentenced to 30 lashes by a local court on Sunday.

The man apologised and said he was attending clinic to help him stop smoking, according to the report.

AFP

I wonder what the punishment would be for a Saudi man smoking on a British Airways flight to Riyadh?

They probably would sentence the air stewardess to 30 lashes for daring to speak to the man.

Do they put much swing in to the arm with these lashes? You hear about them, but I've never seen it on video or heard about how the lashes are applied.

Do they put much swing in to the arm with these lashes? You hear about them, but I've never seen it on video or heard about how the lashes are applied.

Well I don't suppose they hire Madamme Whiplash of Greek St, Soho so I doubt if it is in any way pleasurable unless you enjoy baring your a55 to a big hairy Saudi .

Very helpful, Phil.

Utube it Ping, big hairy man as Phil says giving it his all..............not pleasant

Thanks Limpy. I expected that it would be more than merely the shaming element, but as you know, in days of yore, flailings could involve ripping flesh from the body - particularly gruesome. I was more concerned about the degree of damage inflicted so that I could come to a view as to the degree of barbarity of the punishment.

What we need is the S&M scale of flagellation.

S&M#1 : Pink velvet handcuffs and a light dusting with the fishnet stockings. No bruising, no blood.

up to,

S&M#9 : Rough steel manacles and a full on thrashing with the cat'o'nine tails. Major physical trauma, buckets of blood and guts.

Of course, like the Richter scale, it would have to be open ended to allow for another Saddam Hussein to emerge. We wouldn't want to stifle creativity and artistic impression.

Thanks Limpy. I expected that it would be more than merely the shaming element, but as you know, in days of yore, flailings could involve ripping flesh from the body - particularly gruesome. I was more concerned about the degree of damage inflicted so that I could come to a view as to the degree of barbarity of the punishment.

Forget about days of yore. In Singapore you get sentenced to 3 lashes of the rattan.

The rattan is a 3 foor piece of 1 1/2 inch diameter bamboo. They soak that in horse piss for a month till it frays.

Your lashes are spaced a month apart to allow you to recover. When it hits bare buttocks it pulls the skin off.

I too wonder how lashes are administered in KoS. You can bet they hit foreigners harder than locals.

The Isle of Man used to use the birch. Wonderful punishment, a lot of tough lads from Belfast, Liverpool and Glasgow became better people after joining in the fun.

Did they?

Or did they go back to Glasgow and Liverpool just as big a ratbags as they ever were?

I was a bit of a jack-the-lad in my younger day and I don't think flogging me would have improved me any.

Ooooooh, tell me more!!!!!!

I hope there's not a translation mix up here.

Did they?

Or did they go back to Glasgow and Liverpool just as big a ratbags as they ever were?

I was a bit of a jack-the-lad in my younger day and I don't think flogging me would have improved me any.

Change your avatar to "Red Rum " then.