# Self decapitation thread from GQ, in real life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-decapitation-thread-from-gq-in-real-life/594667 "2011-08-30T20:38:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-decapitation-thread-from-gq-in-real-life/594667/1 "2011-08-30T20:38:52Z")
In[this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=620666&highlight=decapitate) in GQ a couple of weeks ago, **Mr Kobayashi** asks if you could cut off your own head with a sword. In a real life example, [some clown in Yorktown, VA](http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-man-decapitates-himself-in-front-of-deputies-firefighters-after-domestic-dispute-in-yorktown-20110830,0,5558436.story), commits suicide by lopping off his own head with a cable, answering once and for all the question of self decapitation by any means other than a guillotine. ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-decapitation-thread-from-gq-in-real-life/594667/2 "2011-08-30T20:41:27Z")
To be truly factual, it was his SUV’s momentum that decapitated him. He merely gave momentum the means and opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-decapitation-thread-from-gq-in-real-life/594667/3 "2011-08-30T23:03:50Z")
But was it _basic_ cable, or a package?