Bead rattling season is with us again. The Crucifixion. Some facts about crucifixtions. The Romans used it to stop dissent, the person didn't carry the whole cross only the cross beam, it was a means of torture and a form of humilation the Romans stripped the person naked before they were nailed to the cross, so no loin cloth. Being nailed to the cross didn't prevent body functions to cease to exist and imagine having a large meal the night before and all that wine. When the cross was placed into the ground the body was only above the ground a couple of feet allowing scavengers to gnaw at the body. The body was not removed from the cross after a couple of days it was left in situ until the body became skeletal then it was removed.