# Man loses his head after drinking **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 30, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262 "2004-08-30T17:19:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/21 "2004-08-30T19:37:59Z")
> [@TeaElle](#): > > And people wonder why I’m so opposed, on principle, to the idea of going out and getting drunk and claiming that it’s nothing more than fun. :rolleyes: Nothing like someone feeling the need to inject their “principles” whenever the opportunity arises. -Joe, drinks, still has his head and all 4 limbs ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/22 "2004-08-30T19:49:45Z")
So puking inside the truck is verboten, but bleeding all over it is okay? And what’s with everyone losing their head over a few jokes? ---
**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/23 "2004-08-30T19:54:33Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Um, I have a pretty good guess. Ya. One would guess that. It is quite obvious…and funny. But one also has to consider that any multicellular investigator would logically guess the same. Maybe they “did not know why” because there was a lack of empirical evidence, i.e. actual vomit. But then they should logically hypothesize that the act was imminent but never occured (for obvious reasons). I find it difficult to believe any capable investigator can determine the victim had his head outside of the vehicle but not the reason. I think the “did not know why” in the story just represents a degree of uncertainty and not a total dumbfoundedness of slack-jaw investigators. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/24 "2004-08-30T19:55:14Z")
> [@GaWd](#): > > THat’s actually a common misconception. I believe you must come up with 10% in property or cash, but you must also be able to afford to pay the monthly premium on the bond. I’ve known clients who had to pay up to $3000/month to service their bail bond, so it’s no chump change. Oh, and I think that was on a $100K bond. > > Sam Isn’t $10,000 10% of $100,000? I didn’t know about the monthly service charge. I guess my trial was quick enough to avoid that. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/25 "2004-08-30T20:03:03Z")
“Dude, you seem to be very quiet tonight…” ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/26 "2004-08-30T20:19:46Z")
> [@High Cheese](#): > > Ya. One would guess that. It is quite obvious…and funny. > > But one also has to consider that any multicellular investigator would logically guess the same. Maybe they “did not know why” because there was a lack of empirical evidence, i.e. actual vomit. But then they should logically hypothesize that the act was imminent but never occured (for obvious reasons). I find it difficult to believe any capable investigator can determine the victim had his head outside of the vehicle but not the reason. I think the “did not know why” in the story just represents a degree of uncertainty and not a total dumbfoundedness of slack-jaw investigators. I looked at a local newspaper’s site, and the uncertainty is due to the fact that police aren’t sure if the guy was upchucking or whether the erratic driving sort of threw him into that position. E.g./ If the truck hit the curb and the guy bounced out of his seat and lurched to the side. (If the guy wasn’t wearing a seatbelt it would be even more of a possibility.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/27 "2004-08-30T20:26:09Z")
I once asked a cop what was the worst thing he’d ever seen. He had answered a call one dark night about a car losing control and hitting a tree branch. When he got there, the driver was slumped over the steering wheel. He asked the guy if he was okay and, getting no response, took off his glove and felt guy’s neck for a pulse…and had his hand go up into the guy’s neck… :eek: The driver’s head was under the back seat. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/28 "2004-08-30T20:29:55Z")
Lawdy, that would be something! There’s his headless corpse, all nice and safely buckled in the front seat! I was trying to find an article about something similar that I think occurred in Panama City several years back. As I remember the tale, an exotic dancer was coming home from the job, toasted out of her head and driving herself in her convertible. She clipped a bicyclist and wound up with his leg in the front seat of her car. I think she pulled into some sort of restaurant (like a Denny’s or Wafflehouse) where someone called the police. Not having much luck with the search phrase “Drunk Panama City Strippers” though. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/29 "2004-08-30T20:36:51Z")
Picture the head, brain still alive for scant seconds after the decapitation, on the side of the road facing the vehicle as it races away: “Hey man!” “Stop!” “Stop!” ---
**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/30 "2004-08-30T20:46:09Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > I looked at a local newspaper’s site, and the uncertainty is due to the fact that police aren’t sure if the guy was upchucking or whether the erratic driving sort of threw him into that position. > > E.g./ If the truck hit the curb and the guy bounced out of his seat and lurched to the side. (If the guy wasn’t wearing a seatbelt it would be even more of a possibility.) Thanks. I didn’t consider the “thrown from seat” angle. I only considered: vomiting/getting ready to vomit; and leaning out the window to drunkenly howl at passers by (possibly hot chicks). ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/31 "2004-08-30T20:52:39Z")
If the guy was puking when he has his head cut off, can the body still be puking afterward? And how far out of the neck stump does it shoot? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/32 "2004-08-30T20:58:18Z")
“No no, I said I want it to be _decaffeinated_!” ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/33 "2004-08-30T21:11:09Z")
> [@High Cheese](#): > > Thanks. I didn’t consider the “thrown from seat” angle. I only considered: vomiting/getting ready to vomit; and leaning out the window to drunkenly howl at passers by (possibly hot chicks). He was a daredevil, just like his old man. “Hey everybody! Look at me! Look at me!” ---
**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/34 "2004-08-30T21:11:56Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > If the guy was puking when he has his head cut off, can the body still be puking afterward? And how far out of the neck stump does it shoot? Serious answer: Probably not, as the processes that regulate vomiting would be deactivated. (not) serious answer: That is freakin’ funny as shzit! ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/35 "2004-08-30T21:15:15Z")
I saw this article this morning and thought of two things immediately: 1. That’s one way to prevent your friends from puking in your car, and 2. There’s going to be a really great thread about this on the Boards when I get home. Dogzilla = 2 for 2 ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/36 "2004-08-30T21:16:30Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > “No no, I said I want it to be _decaffeinated_!” “No no, I said I wished my _beer_ hadn’t had so much head!” ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/37 "2004-08-30T21:21:54Z")
Was his name Roland and was he a fan of antique firearms? ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/38 "2004-08-30T21:26:10Z")
> [@vd](#): > > “No no, I said I wished my _beer_ hadn’t had so much head!” "Dude, when I said we should head out, I meant we should _leave_. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/39 "2004-08-30T21:40:57Z")
A surefire Darwin Awards winner. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/40 "2004-08-30T21:44:01Z")
This is SO a _Simpsons_ episode, with Homer driving, and maybe a state nuclear safety inspector as the passenger. I can just see Chief Wiggum scratching his head along the roadside. “Lou, get that head out of the way and start looking for clues!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262.md?page=3)