# Please, allow me to relive my nightmares for your amusement

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 24, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120 "2013-10-24T15:29:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**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:** [October 25, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120/41 "2013-10-25T03:48:12Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> What race is Moe supposed to be?

Giant Smurf.

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120/42 "2013-10-25T05:37:00Z")

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> [@NoClueBoy](#):
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> A long time ago, mid to late 80s maybe, a friend read me something out of a newspaper (pretty sure it a regular newspaper, not an Inquirer type) about a man who committed suicide by drilling eight holes in his head. My first thought was “How did he mess up on the first seven?”

Mine is, how was he able to make himself do it more than once? :eek:

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120/43 "2013-10-25T05:51:14Z")

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> [@Morgyn](#):
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> Mine is, how was he able to make himself do it more than once? :eek:

A few tool company slogans

\*\*Craftsman. \*\*Makes Anything Possible

**Delta.** Your Achievement. Our tools.

**Stanley.** We Help You Do Things Right

**Makita.** It’s All The Power You Need.

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**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120/44 "2013-10-25T07:42:33Z")

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I laughed very hard at this thread. I’m going to hell, aren’t I?

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**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120/45 "2013-10-25T09:14:09Z")

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> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#):
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> I laughed very hard at this thread. I’m going to hell, aren’t I?

Jesus man! Don’t tell us that!

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**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120/46 "2013-10-25T09:39:41Z")

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Worked in a combined open pit and underground mine. No suicides but lots of fatal and lost-time accidents. The one involving a 120-tonne dump truck…

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120/47 "2013-10-25T12:40:59Z")

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> [@Morgyn](#):
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> Mine is, how was he able to make himself do it more than once? :eek:

Adequate clamping. It’s the thing that most DIYers are likely to neglect.

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120/48 "2013-10-25T12:48:39Z")

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Back in 2001, there was a woman here that actually threw herself headfirst into a wood chipper.

The Toronto Sun:

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> PLANTAGENET – The OPP is investigating the bizarre death of a woman  
> who ended up head-first in a large wood chipper.  
> Claire Duchesne,43, lived with her husband in a large bungalow on Hwy.  
> 17 about 70 km east of Ottawa (Canada).  
> Const. Pierre Dubois said a suicide note was found and foul play is not  
> suspected. He said the death is not believed to be accidental, though  
> he said investigators are still “keeping the door open.” Police towed the killer machine away.

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**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120/49 "2013-10-25T15:21:43Z")

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If we pump the OP for details, water the chances he’ll spill?

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**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120/50 "2013-10-25T16:09:48Z")

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> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#):
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> What really amused me is the fact that the OP brought the event up completely out of the blue, off topic, then pitted a completely harmless comment about it _two days later_.

And then, he couldn’t resist inserting _another_ gratuitous reference to just how horrible this event was that he is so pointedly not talking about.

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**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:** [October 25, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120/51 "2013-10-25T18:43:19Z")

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> [@Sparky812](#):
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> Back in 2001, there was a woman here that actually threw herself headfirst into a wood chipper.

While I’m not planning to do anything similar anytime soon, seems to me head-first would be the way to go.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120/52 "2013-10-25T18:52:04Z")

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> [@Spiderman](#):
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> I’m referring to [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16778713&postcount=80) post.

Pitting a self-admitted bad example? Lame.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120/53 "2013-10-25T18:56:51Z")

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> [@El\_Kabong](#):
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> While I’m not planning to do anything similar anytime soon, seems to me head-first would be the way to go.

But then we can’t see your expression.

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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120/54 "2013-10-25T18:59:59Z")

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> [@Sparky812](#):
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> Back in 2001, there was a woman here that actually threw herself headfirst into a wood chipper.

Must have watched _Fargo_ one too many times.

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