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Cab Driver Cuts His Own Head Off In Suicide

uk.news.yahoo.com — The man, believed to be in his 30s, tied a rope to a lamppost and the other end around his neck before driving off from the spot in Southwark, southeast London.

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  • A5204, on 08/13/2009, -1/+139Hard. Core.
  • ileftfark, on 07/12/2009, -6/+68http://www.awesomeology.com/wp-content/Rip_20it_20 ...
  • ChiaGod, on 07/12/2009, -0/+62<evilada>: Best suicide plan ever
    <mcm310>: what is it?
    <evilada>: you go up to the top of a roof
    <evilada>: string piano wire tight across the front edge at neck level
    <evilada>: tie a cord to your foot and the other end to the building so that you'll be above sidewalk level when its fully stretched
    <evilada>: then you put super glue on your hands
    <evilada>: and put your arms around the front of the wire and then back to touch your head
    <evilada>: then you lean forward, so the piano wire cuts your neck but not your elbows
    <evilada>: when the cord goes taut, youll be hanging upside down with no head....except your head will be in your outstretched arms thanks to gravity and the glue, staring at someone upside down and spewing blood everywhere.
    <evilada>: And some poor bastard will be traumatized for LIFE.
    <mcm310>: i dont think i can be your friend anymore

    Source:
    http://www.bash.org/?488793
  • sjbdallas, on 07/11/2009, -3/+55You sure he wasn't just trying that auto-erotic-asphyxiation thing, but no one was there to say "Dude, you're doing it wrong"?
  • mmurdock77, on 07/12/2009, -6/+53"Officers are keen to determine if the dead man was a genuine black-cab driver."
    I didn't know black people came with their own Certificate of Authenticity.
  • copypastry, on 07/12/2009, -0/+46What do you mean "believed to be 30"?


    Can't they just count the rings on his neck?
  • javy925, on 07/12/2009, -4/+39that's no way to get ahead in life
  • jayrok, on 07/11/2009, -10/+45Talk about losing your head.
  • chuckerton, on 07/11/2009, -0/+30Whenever a suicide deliberately leaves a big mess, I always think, yeah, that guy was trying to send a message.
  • SAKevin, on 07/12/2009, -0/+29I tried this once on foot. The car is a good idea.
  • inactive, on 07/12/2009, -0/+27mythbusters, youre on call
  • hyAxis, on 07/12/2009, -0/+24Ha. ***** you ileftfark.

    Priceless.
  • thejackyl, on 07/12/2009, -1/+24Death Cab for Cabbie
  • Gold753, on 07/12/2009, -1/+21I guess he wasn't very headstrong
  • yokoandme, on 07/12/2009, -0/+19Hyphens are wasted on you!
  • stevenbrown, on 07/12/2009, -0/+17Ya, I was reading about it the other day. Apparently they have to know like every road and pass some super hard test
  • JUSTINS13, on 07/12/2009, -2/+19you're not hardcore unless you die hardcore
  • fleischkopf, on 07/12/2009, -0/+16Definitely gets points for creativity.
  • SirBrittanicus, on 07/12/2009, -3/+18Boooooo!

    /throw tomato
  • candeedah, on 07/12/2009, -0/+15I agree. I once saw a newscast of a man who lit himself on fire inside of his car on a freeway overpass, while two CHP officers got hurt trying to save this man's life. He meant business, yelling, screaming, spitting, cussing...and the end result was horrifying. It was a slow, painful burn. He even had to light himself on fire AGAIN. Talk about sending your message..."I hate myself and I am DONE with this place," sounds like the message to me.
  • cheddaro, on 07/12/2009, -0/+14Reminds me of this awesome guy who cut himself in half using a stationary bandsaw.

    NSFW Pic:
    http://www.suicidemethods.net/pix/bandsaw.jpg

    Some people just want it that bad.
  • jb0nd38372, on 07/12/2009, -0/+13Apparently a rope.
  • Zeigy, on 07/12/2009, -1/+14But then he only blows off half the side of his head and is on the ground still wiggling around so he drags himself back to the car in a series of spasms and reenters the inferno in the car. Gets burnt real bad.
  • proplayer805, on 07/11/2009, -0/+13Where does it say how he cut off his head?
    It doesn't really say that in the article.
  • thavi, on 07/12/2009, -2/+15his neck didnt have a hard enough core, apparently.
  • AmnesiacJack, on 07/12/2009, -0/+13Ugh this is how it's done, go out with style. I get so tired of hearing about people trying to cut their wrists or take pills only to fail at ending their life. If you ever hear about a suicide failure just show them this guy and let them know how much they suck compared to him.
  • electronicdream, on 07/12/2009, -0/+13Awesome anti-leech.
  • Hignaki, on 07/12/2009, -1/+13Another guy did this a few years back. Wife left him and took a ton of his estate, so he tied a rope to a tree and his neck, got into his convertible, and deliberately drove out into a busy street. IIRC, the rope was the exact length to cut off his head the moment he entered the road.
  • Jehutes, on 07/12/2009, -0/+12So ***** metal
  • CrazedLeper, on 07/12/2009, -1/+13Anyone so motivated is hardly concerned.
  • ChiaGod, on 07/12/2009, -0/+11From that same wikipedia article:

    "2009: Diana Durre, of Chambers, Nebraska, died after a 75-foot (23 m) Taco Bell sign fell on top of the truck cab she was in. The pole broke at a welded joint about 15 feet (4.5 m) above the ground owing to strong winds. The sign fell right on top of the quad-cab pickup. Diana was meeting a Wyoming couple to sell them some dogs. Officials said they agreed to meet in North Platte, Nebraska about 1 p.m., “right underneath the big Taco Bell sign.”"

    Holy crap, I laughed at that one. Just visualizing the people arriving to buy the dogs, seeing the broken sign, following it to the crushed pickup cab, then re-reading their notes:
    "Yup.... she said right under the big Taco Bell sign..."
  • JUSTINS13, on 07/12/2009, -2/+13 THAT'S AWESOME
  • ChiaGod, on 07/12/2009, -0/+10"Hey there pretty little lady, you want me to catch you a cab?"

    (With a smirk, whips out lasso, ties one end to the pole, throws it at passing cab)

    "OMG OMG OMG"
    (Runs off)
  • hdar3415, on 07/11/2009, -1/+11"Pulled off his head".
  • hankthedwarf, on 07/12/2009, -0/+9Ho...lee.....*****.
  • wastelander, on 07/12/2009, -2/+11He'll never be the head of a major corporation.
  • DeviantDragon, on 07/12/2009, -3/+12I see what you did there.
  • Hedison, on 07/11/2009, -5/+13Suspicious is what I think. There are less painful ways to commit suicide
  • howyudoin, on 07/12/2009, -0/+8Holy *****, that must have been a painful way to go
  • Disgod, on 07/12/2009, -0/+8Wow, that is dedication to dying right there.
  • CocaCola88, on 07/12/2009, -0/+7i bet the bystanders ***** bricks
  • S4MF1SHER, on 07/12/2009, -2/+9That's one way to get aHEAD in life...

    /try the veal
  • kleash, on 07/12/2009, -1/+8Now that's a badass way to die
  • vpshockwave, on 07/12/2009, -0/+7Not a time to lose one's head.
  • IllBeBack, on 07/12/2009, -0/+7Yes, I also thought Holy Asterisks when I read this.
  • Myztry, on 07/11/2009, -1/+8I haven't heard of anyone doing that for ages. It was either a common method or a common 'urban myth' about 20 years ago.
  • waltpsu, on 07/12/2009, -1/+7http://www.awesomeology.com/the-cool-way-to-commit ...
  • ChiaGod, on 07/12/2009, -0/+6Maybe a cowboy was trying to catch a cab and lasso'd the driver instead?
  • GeyserShitdick, on 07/12/2009, -1/+7FATALITY
  • inactive, on 07/12/2009, -1/+6Dugg for creativity.
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