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Pain Box
A small box which induced pain into the nerves of the hand. (Read the full article)
| "that must be a cool box. I must have it" (Sencha 2/28/2006 11:39:31 AM ) |
| "Ooops.... It's not an agony box --- it is actually called, the "Gom Jobbar". " (jdavies 3/8/2006 11:36:40 PM ) |
| "No, it is an agony box. This is the gom jabbar - "I hold at your neck the gom jabbar," she said. "The gom jabbar, the high-handed enemy. It's a needle with a drop of poison on its tip. Ah-ah! Don't pull away or you'll feel that poison."" (Bill Christensen 3/9/2006 5:39:16 AM ) |
| "my understanding is the agony box is the gom jobbar... theresa poison in it's tip... dont pull away your hand or you'll feel the poison --- hence they are one and the same are they?" (jdavies 3/10/2006 12:33:27 AM ) |
| "Chief is right, the gom jabbar is the poison on the needle the Reverend Mother holds at Pauls neck. Later, Alia kills the Baron with the gom jabbar." (o 7/2/2006 4:03:13 PM ) |
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