# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![nonpolar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@nonpolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonpolar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/61 "2004-08-31T04:15:34Z")
Is there possibility of attaching his head back to the torso? ---
**Author:** ![Spoilsbury\_Toast\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Spoilsbury\_Toast\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoilsbury_Toast_Boy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/62 "2004-08-31T04:18:00Z")
> [@nonpolar](#): > > Is there possibility of attaching his head back to the torso? Why does it matter? He’s dead. ---
**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, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/63 "2004-08-31T04:24:59Z")
> [@nonpolar](#): > > Is there possibility of attaching his head back to the torso? Basically, you have two viable options: stitching or welding. Of course, if you want to restore life, electricity will also be required. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/64 "2004-08-31T04:42:04Z")
> [@High Cheese](#): > > Basically, you have two viable options: stitching or welding. Of course, if you want to restore life, electricity will also be required. So you might as well insert the electrodes in his neck while you’re at it, right? I wonder if the wire went _twang!_ or _thwip!_ when he hit it? ---
**Author:** ![Spoilsbury\_Toast\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Spoilsbury\_Toast\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoilsbury_Toast_Boy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/65 "2004-08-31T04:43:46Z")
> [@High Cheese](#): > > Basically, you have two viable options: stitching or welding. Of course, if you want to restore life, electricity will also be required. Welding? Are you suggesting that this guy was some sort of android? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/66 "2004-08-31T04:47:57Z")
I’m figuring that right before this happened he saw a hot woman, leaned out and yelled, “Hey baby! How about some head?!?!” ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/67 "2004-08-31T04:48:59Z")
> [@Spoilsbury Toast Boy](#): > > Why does it matter? He’s dead. I assume that the family is hoping for an open-casket funeral; it’s true that dead is dead, but I would argue that even a corpse looks better when it has all the proper appendages, etc. ---
**Author:** ![nonpolar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@nonpolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonpolar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/68 "2004-08-31T05:04:44Z")
I forgot to add, reataching and then reanimating.They do that in movies , so what is the big deal? ---
**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, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/69 "2004-08-31T05:07:52Z")
> [@The Long Road](#): > > I’m figuring that right before this happened he saw a hot woman, leaned out and yelled, “Hey baby! How about some head?!?!” LMFAO! This hypothesis aligns itself with my second option from [this post.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5218433&postcount=30) ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/70 "2004-08-31T06:25:44Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > Man, I got thoroughly grossed out by the headline… > > And I also thought “Oh, here comes a new CSI episode.” So **that’s** where they get the voiceover: “A story _ripped_ from today’s headlines!” Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/71 "2004-08-31T06:29:39Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > POW! He was decapitated! They found his head over by the Sno-cone concession! _Nah_. They found his head and shoulders in the bushes. Big time dandruff problem. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/72 "2004-08-31T07:49:13Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > * * * > > ## Brohm, 23, apparently was leaning out of the window when Hutcherson hit the support wire about a mile and a half from the bar, but police did not know why. > > Um, I have a pretty good guess. Maybe he was feeling light-headed. ---
**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, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/73 "2004-08-31T11:05:03Z")
> [@Cosmopolitan](#): > > I assume that the family is hoping for an open-casket funeral; it’s true that dead is dead, but I would argue that even a corpse looks better when it has all the proper appendages, etc. The family could just prop him up in a comfy chair at the wake, with his head in his lap looking out at the mourners, his hands neatly folded on the crown of his head. Add a coin slot to his neck and they could cover the funeral expenses! ---
**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 31, 2004, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/74 "2004-08-31T12:23:02Z")
Taking friend out to bar for a night of drinking–$200 Posting bond the next morning-----------------$10,000 Value of jokes on the SDMB----------------------priceless ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/75 "2004-08-31T12:38:31Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > The family could just prop him up in a comfy chair at the wake, with his head in his lap looking out at the mourners, his hands neatly folded on the crown of his head. > > Add a coin slot to his neck and they could cover the funeral expenses! This is hysterical. ---
**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 31, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/76 "2004-08-31T14:23:26Z")
> [@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… The thought occurs to me that all this happened _because_ he asked the driver to pull over. Passenger: Dude, I gotta hurl. Driver: Don’t puke in my car, man! Passenger: Then pull over! Driver pulls over but fails to stop. Passenger, too drunk to notice that the car hasn’t stopped, leans out window. The rest is history. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/77 "2004-08-31T14:45:06Z")
\*Life goes on without me Cause I… ain’t got no body\* ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/78 "2004-08-31T16:29:50Z")
> [@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? That is _not_ something I wanted to think about. 🙂 ---
**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, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/79 "2004-08-31T17:21:37Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > The family could just prop him up in a comfy chair at the wake, with his head in his lap looking out at the mourners, his hands neatly folded on the crown of his head. And a sign: “Gotcha me!” > [@BMax](#): > > I wonder if the wire went **twang!** or **thwip!** when he hit it? I’m betting on “\ Oh no you don’t either. \” ---
**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 31, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262/80 "2004-08-31T18:34:31Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > I wonder if the wire went _twang!_ or _thwip!_ when he hit it? In all my years as an electrician, it was my experience that guy wires go _punnggg_ when plucked. Has to do with the diameter and the length, I think. I’d be more interested in knowing what musical note was generated. I’m thinkin’ a low ‘G’, mebbe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-loses-his-head-after-drinking/262262.md?page=5)