The metaphor is beyond help.

"You've seen a lot more of history than I did.

"Grand scheme of things, I'm really not that old.

"I died, for the first time, well after the Europeans reached the Americas.

"And for what it's worth, if you ever get to pick, being shot in the forehead has it all over being hanged.

"Especially if the hangman doesn't know a damn thing about how to tie a knot."