# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**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, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/21 "2009-07-11T16:02:38Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > You are cordially requested not to use the words “link” and “thread” in the context of this discussion. I shall re **cord** the request and not stick my **neck** out, lest I leave anyone **hanging** by not providing details to the dialogue. I **auto** look it up though, just so I can have the facts in my **head**. Still, I think that the fictional suicide and this one would be quick and less disturbing to the subject by being **throttled** by the rope after simply stepping off of a chair. ---
**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, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/22 "2009-07-11T17:59:36Z")
> [@razncain](#): > > 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) Nice. Between the two of them they couldn’t come up with a way to off themselves that didn’t involve ruining someone else’s life? Another great example of Christianity. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/23 "2009-07-11T18:17:51Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > 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. I dunno how people who deal with crap like that every day cope. I’d be a catatonic drooling zombie after the 4th or 5th one… ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/24 "2009-07-11T18:20:01Z")
[quote=“1920s Style “Death Ray”, post:9, topic:502636”] 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. [/QUOTE] Did the town give him an award? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/25 "2009-07-11T18:27:35Z")
> [@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. [bash.org, actually.](http://bash.org/?488793) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/26 "2009-07-11T20:50:16Z")
Clearly, this person felt the word _discombobulated_ needed another meaning. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/27 "2009-07-11T20:59:54Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Nice. Between the two of them they couldn’t come up with a way to off themselves that didn’t involve ruining someone else’s life? Another great example of Christianity. If I’m gonna off myself I’m definitely putting on a show, bystanders feelings be damned. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/28 "2009-07-11T21:05:24Z")
> [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](#): > > If I’m gonna off myself I’m definitely putting on a show, bystanders feelings be damned. Seriously. I mean otherwise, what’s the point of doing something who’s only true rationale is “this’ll show 'em”? ---
**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, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/29 "2009-07-11T21:34:43Z")
> [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](#): > > If I’m gonna off myself I’m definitely putting on a show, bystanders feelings be damned. It’s one thing to do it in front of someone (which I don’t condone). It’s another to get them involved. Beyond that, this was a pastor and his wife. I guess he never got to the “Do unto others” part? ---
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/30 "2009-07-11T21:39:56Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > [bash.org, actually.](http://bash.org/?488793) My favorite line: I don’t think I can be your friend anymore. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Why\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@The\_Why\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Why_Bird)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636/31 "2009-07-12T09:25:45Z")
> [@Struan](#): > > It is? :dubious: Purely anecdotal, but two of the police officers I have worked with claim to have dealt with a suicide of this nature during their careers. So perhaps not ‘very common’, but certainly not unheard of. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-thats-one-helluva-way-to-go-disturbing/502636.md?page=1)