Suicide... by knife?

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by August

The Japanese elevated it to almost an art form.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku

I wouldnt categorise seppuku under stabbing.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Dowly

I wouldnt categorise seppuku under stabbing.

But properly done, it certainly involves a lot of guts.

[Letum]

I had a relative who killed him self by drowning him self in a sink.
He just put his head in and sucked water into his lungs.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Give me a nice shotgun w/a hollowpointed slug (if that kind of ammo exists, which I suspect it does).

Of course, if you're suicidal, you're unlikely to be thinking things through logically.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Letum

I had a relative who killed him self by drowning him self in a sink.
He just put his head in and sucked water into his lungs.

Holy crap

Wow sorry to hear that.

[Letum]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Holy crap

Wow sorry to hear that.

Thanks, but it was a number of years before I was born.
It does show you want strange feats the mad can achieve.

[GoldenRivet]

I had a relative many years before i was born who went out to the farm house. grabbed an axe. laid his head down on a tree stump and attempted to cut off his own head.

he partially succeeded before other relatives stopped him.

he had lost his mind.

he recovered from serious injuries as far as im aware.

[frau kaleun]

Years ago when we were in Phoenix visiting relatives, there was a story on the local news about a guy who walked into some store with a chainsaw and threatened to cut his own head off with it.

He succeeded, more or less.

I can't even imagine being that determined to make a point.

[August]

Originally Posted by Dowly

I wouldnt categorise seppuku under stabbing.

The dictionary would though:

stab (stb)v. stabbed, stab·bing, stabs
v.tr.1. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
2. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something.
3. To make a thrusting or poking motion at or into: stabbed the air with his fingers.

v.intr.1. To thrust with or as if with a pointed weapon: stabbed at the food with her fork.
2. To inflict a wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.

n.1. A thrust with a pointed weapon or instrument.
2. A wound inflicted with or as if with a pointed weapon.

Pretty much covers the main part though the assistant waiting to slice off the head is definitely an enhancement...