# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/41 "2004-08-30T21:45:36Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Was his name Roland and was he a fan of antique firearms? You. Are. My. Hero. Heads and shoulders above all the puns, my friend. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/42 "2004-08-30T22:10:46Z")
"Members of the jury, I submit to you that the prosecution’s allegations of drunk driving and vehicular homicide are completely unfounded. Imagine if you’re driving along, obeying all relevant vehicular rules and regulations, when your passenger leans out the window and is suddenly decapitated. In shock, you might well drive home, get roaring drunk and pass out. My client needs understanding and therapy, not a jail sentence." What’re the odds that at least one juror will buy this? ---
**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, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/43 "2004-08-30T22:17:49Z")
Actually he’s got a strong defense. Prosecutor – Why didn’t you stop? Why didn’t you call 911? Guy – Well, I wasn’t drunk enough to think they could reattach a head. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/44 "2004-08-30T22:31:05Z")
Well, yeah, this is awful and irresponsible and horrible and everything, but I hardly get the idea the driver had anything even resembling a clue about what was going on. I’m sure he didn’t fail to do anything about it out of malice or callousness, he was just too amazingly shitfaced to figure it out. Imagine how he felt when he found out what had happened! (I mean, a young man, full of potential, just trying to get ahead in life…) Argh, I tried and tried and tried not to make a bad pun. 🙂 ---
**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, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/45 "2004-08-30T22:48:17Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I’m sure he didn’t fail to do anything about it out of malice or callousness, he was just too amazingly shitfaced to figure it out. Imagine how he felt when he found out what had happened! Yeah, maybe the bartender should have cut him off a little earlier. Could have headed off the whole unfortunate situation. Sorry couldn’t help it. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/46 "2004-08-30T23:02:55Z")
I finally got off work, and am ready to expound on my OP which was truncated, and now… well, I just can’t. The thread has been thoroughly and completely taken away from me. **Uvula Donor** , that’s just gross! Ewww! I think I’m going to be…urph… _sticks head out window_ I think this is certainly good news for the automobile carpets cleaners of America. Nobody’s sticking their head out the window again. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/47 "2004-08-30T23:27:35Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Those poor people. I only hope the little girl didn’t have to see much. I thought I read in another article that she was a baby, so she probably didn’t see anything at all or didn’t understand it. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/48 "2004-08-30T23:39:55Z")
> [@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: Because people get decapitated? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/49 "2004-08-30T23:42:07Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Because people get decapitated? It’s all fun and games until someone loses their head… Meanwhile, I get drunk without that crucial “and then drive” step. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/50 "2004-08-30T23:51:42Z")
Dude, it’s all fun and games until someone loses a head. 😛 “Goddammit, Daniel! Where’s your head at, man?” “Hey! Get your head outta your ass! Oh. Never mind.” “Dude, it’s just a little puke. Nothin’ to lose your head over.” “If I had a nickel for every time some drunk asshole stuck his head out the passenger window and was decapitated and then his lifeless body remained in my car, spouting blood everywhere and then I drove home to sleep it off and - hmmmmm. Where was I? I lost track.” ---
**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, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/51 "2004-08-30T23:51:50Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > I thought I read in another article that she was a baby, so she probably didn’t see anything at all or didn’t understand it. She’s just a one-year-old and will likely have no clue what was going on. There’s a photo of the [driver](http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/0804/30marfatal.html) here (it may require registration, you can fill in gobbledegook and it will work). He has hair missing from the top of his head where it looks like someone tried to shave it. Kind of like an inverse mohawk. The bar where they were drinking offers a “courtesy van” so patrons don’t have to drive home. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/52 "2004-08-31T00:33:06Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Nothing like someone feeling the need to inject their “principles” whenever the opportunity arises. Hey, if either of the jackasses in question had any principles, the one might still be alive and the other wouldn’t be in jail facing manslaughter charges. A few principle injections couldn’t have hurt either of these idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/53 "2004-08-31T00:37:15Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > **Uvula Donor** , that’s just gross! Ewww! > [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Uvula Donor, you are sooOOOooo going to hell… Thank you folks, thank you…remember, there’s a two drink minimum. Sir, your beer looks a little flat. Can we put a head on it for ya? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/54 "2004-08-31T02:03:52Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I’m sure he didn’t fail to do anything about it out of malice or callousness, he was just too amazingly shitfaced to figure it out. Well, at least he wasn’t out of his skull. Hey, maybe there’s a religious parable here. The decapitating wire is Jesus, and the guy’s temple is… the temple, and I guess that would mean his puke is the moneychangers. Okay, I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/55 "2004-08-31T02:06:19Z")
I these motherfuckers who put their Halloween stuff out this early. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/56 "2004-08-31T02:33:32Z")
Can someone give me an explanation about the “vehicular homicide” charge? Doesn’t the blame for getting decapitated rest with the deceased? If he needed to puke, he could have asked the driver to pull over. I wouldn’t _dream_ of sticking my head out of a moving car window, my momma taught me better than that. All the driver did wrong was drive drunk and postpone dealing with the aftermath. I don’t see how he is responsible for where his friend’s head ended up. ---
**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 31, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/57 "2004-08-31T02:44:39Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > (it may require registration, you can fill in gobbledegook and it will work). For the record, I used “aldkjflajkdflakjdflkjaldkjfalkdjfalkjdf,” but that was already taken; so I settled for qiureqoiuerqiurquriquriuqroeiuqiru. ---
**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 31, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/58 "2004-08-31T02:52:03Z")
> [@kung fu lola](#): > > Can someone give me an explanation about the “vehicular homicide” charge? Doesn’t the blame for getting decapitated rest with the deceased? If he needed to puke, he could have asked the driver to pull over. I wouldn’t _dream_ of sticking my head out of a moving car window, my momma taught me better than that. > All the driver did wrong was drive drunk and postpone dealing with the aftermath. I don’t see how he is responsible for where his friend’s head ended up. The car left the road drove into the wires a good ten feet away from the street. Those cables aren’t attached mid-road. Car car has to put a helluva lot of effort into driving up against them. And check my earlier post. Police have said it is unlcear whether the passenger was upchucking or whether he got bounced around by the rough offroading style of driving and flopped to the side. (As yet, it’s not known.) Bottom line, if the truck hadn’t been driving where the sidewalk ought to be his passenger would be alive whether he was hanging out of the window or not. He left the road and sideswiped the utility pole’s cable, tearing off his own rearview mirror as well as his friend’s head. You drive drunk, crash into something, passenger dies from it – vehicular homicide. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/59 "2004-08-31T03:02:24Z")
If only the driver had continued on, stopping first at a topless bar, this story would have been _perfect_\*. As it is, it sounds like a future “News of the Weird” item, a Darwin Award, a “Law & Order” episode, and – should South Park continue on until its foursome gets to high school – yet another way to dispatch Kenny (I’m picturing Cartman as the driver.) - As in the famous tabloid headline: “Headless Man In Topless Bar”. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/60 "2004-08-31T03:11:39Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > He was a daredevil, just like his old man. “Hey everybody! Look at me! Look at me!” POW! He was decapitated! They found his head over by the Sno-cone concession! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262.md?page=4)