# Now that's one helluva way to go. (Disturbing) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636 "2009-07-11T03:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/1 "2009-07-11T03:00:32Z")
The Daily Mail has [the scoop](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1198809/Horror-taxi-driver-decapitates-cab.html?ouch). In brief: Taxi driver: [ol] [li]ties a rope around his neck[/li][li]ties the other end around a pole[/li][li]gets in his cab, and[/li][li]floors it :eek:[/li][/ol] I’m saddened that a hardworking bloke would take his life, and horrified for all the people who witnessed it. But I do have to give him points for creativity. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/2 "2009-07-11T03:03:19Z")
I say he gets points for intelligence, of sorts. Hanging yourself to death is awfully difficult, I hear. His horizontal noose pretty much makes sure he dies. Still sad though. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/3 "2009-07-11T03:47:39Z")
How horrible. I recently heard of this method of suicide on some tv show or movie, I wonder if he saw the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/4 "2009-07-11T03:49:14Z")
Supposedly, this is a very common suicide method in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/5 "2009-07-11T03:50:12Z")
I shouldn’t have read that before going to bed… ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/6 "2009-07-11T05:11:10Z")
If you’re gonna take yourself out you might as well be creative about it. It reminds me of he guy who made a guillatine and that old man who built a robot that shot him. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/7 "2009-07-11T06:52:57Z")
I’ve got to differ with Covered In Bees–I’ve heard that hanging oneself can actually be easier than expected because the noose constricts the blood vessels in the neck and cuts off the blood supply to the brain, causing quick unconciousness long before the person actually dies from lack of oxygen. Maybe a medical professional could chime in on this? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/8 "2009-07-11T07:02:05Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > I’ve got to differ with Covered In Bees–I’ve heard that hanging oneself can actually be easier than expected because the noose constricts the blood vessels in the neck and cuts off the blood supply to the brain, causing quick unconciousness long before the person actually dies from lack of oxygen. Maybe a medical professional could chime in on this? The problems that I’ve heard about include getting the rope the correct length so you actually hang. Nevermind finding somewhere high enough to hang from so you still actually hang. Then there’s the problem of finding something or somewhere that will support your weight and then some, to account for the downward pull. And so on. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/9 "2009-07-11T09:30:01Z")
Ha. When I saw the thread title I though this might be a chance for me tell the story of a Darwin, Australia man who tied a rope around a tree, then his neck and floored his car. He was found by a cyclist the next morning. It’s obviously a popular method these days. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/10 "2009-07-11T10:08:38Z")
Reminds me of a case here a few months ago, some broken hearted bloke walked up a bridge, put a bag over his head, a nylon rope around his neck, tied the rope to the railing and jumped off the bridge; grotesquly enough his neck was severed just enough so that it held the head and body together for a few swings, spray painting the side of the bridge in blood before the body dropped off leaving the head hanging from the rope inside the plastic bag. It wasn’t a pretty sight. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/11 "2009-07-11T10:19:50Z")
He was between piller and post. Gooooaaaaaaal! ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/12 "2009-07-11T10:41:30Z")
About 15 years ago at an Investigation Course, a Coroner told us about that method being used. A couple had placed nooses around their necks that were tied to a tree. They were in a panel van and simply took off until the rope caught up with them. Wasn’t very pleasant for the people who discovered them. Nor the Coroner. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/13 "2009-07-11T10:52:55Z")
This should henceforth be known as the “Isadora Duncan”. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/14 "2009-07-11T11:07:15Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > Supposedly, this is a very common suicide method in the UK. It is? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/15 "2009-07-11T13:20:47Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > Supposedly, this is a very common suicide method in the UK. I thought the most common method was the Full English Breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/16 "2009-07-11T14:50:25Z")
That’s one hell of a way to go, for sure. This recently happened near my hometown. A 69 year old pastor and his wife stand in front of a slow moving train. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6509216.html](http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6509216.html) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/17 "2009-07-11T14:56:19Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > Reminds me of a case here a few months ago, some broken hearted bloke walked up a bridge, put a bag over his head, a nylon rope around his neck, tied the rope to the railing and jumped off the bridge; grotesquly enough his neck was severed just enough so that it held the head and body together for a few swings, spray painting the side of the bridge in blood before the body dropped off leaving the head hanging from the rope inside the plastic bag. > It wasn’t a pretty sight. IIRC there was a link in that thread that lead to some lines from (a movie?), where a guy describes a method of suicide resulting in the person hanging upside down above a sidewalk holding his own severed head in his hands. ---
**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/18 "2009-07-11T15:10:59Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > I’ve got to differ with Covered In Bees– No kidding. Covered in Bees is a horrible way to go… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/19 "2009-07-11T15:25:40Z")
Some people are taking that whole “string tied to their tooth and a doorknob” thing to extremes. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/20 "2009-07-11T15:55:35Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > IIRC there was a link in that thread that lead to some lines from (a movie?), where a guy describes a method of suicide resulting in the person hanging upside down above a sidewalk holding his own severed head in his hands. You are cordially requested not to use the words “link” and “thread” in the context of this discussion. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636.md?page=2)