Morbid Thought

Bill Bonner found this in the Daily Mail. (I couldn't find it online at their website.)

Generally...it appears to take around 30 seconds to lose consciousness after decapitation. We know this from the French Revolution and the liberal use
of the guillotine. The condemned were asked to blink if they were still alert after their heads have been removed from their body. Records show that it took between 20 and 30 seconds for the heads to stop blinking.

Yikes.