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    Bruce Duncan
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    Richards Bay - A man sawed his head off in full view of staff and customers at a grocery store in the northern KwaZulu-Natal province town of Richard's Bay on Monday afternoon, police said. Man cuts off head in shop[^] :omg: Butchery staff traumatised[^] I would freakin' think so. Man cuts off head 'in fear'[^]

    Clones are people two.

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      Richards Bay - A man sawed his head off in full view of staff and customers at a grocery store in the northern KwaZulu-Natal province town of Richard's Bay on Monday afternoon, police said. Man cuts off head in shop[^] :omg: Butchery staff traumatised[^] I would freakin' think so. Man cuts off head 'in fear'[^]

      Clones are people two.

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      I don't exactly want to look at the links at the moment, but (not being a medical person!) I cannot fathom how on earth someone could do that. Physically, I mean?? Hell, even chopping your own head off with a lucky swing of an axe would be pretty damn difficult, I would have thought, but with a saw? Or was it a chain saw...that would do it, I guess X| Debbie

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        Richards Bay - A man sawed his head off in full view of staff and customers at a grocery store in the northern KwaZulu-Natal province town of Richard's Bay on Monday afternoon, police said. Man cuts off head in shop[^] :omg: Butchery staff traumatised[^] I would freakin' think so. Man cuts off head 'in fear'[^]

        Clones are people two.

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        Megan Forbes
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        Couldn't believe it when I saw that on IOL last night! The thing is, just think how brave you would have to be to do that! Seems to me, once you are that courageous, if you only took a couple of minutes to look around, you would probably have the courage to go on living. Very sad.


        What prevents people from seeing is the ghost of recollections of the past, in their eyes. - Carl Kyhlberg

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          I don't exactly want to look at the links at the moment, but (not being a medical person!) I cannot fathom how on earth someone could do that. Physically, I mean?? Hell, even chopping your own head off with a lucky swing of an axe would be pretty damn difficult, I would have thought, but with a saw? Or was it a chain saw...that would do it, I guess X| Debbie

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          Don't worry, there are no photographs. Apparently the man went into the butchery section and used the bansaw they use for slicing meat. I don't think his head came off entirely.

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            Richards Bay - A man sawed his head off in full view of staff and customers at a grocery store in the northern KwaZulu-Natal province town of Richard's Bay on Monday afternoon, police said. Man cuts off head in shop[^] :omg: Butchery staff traumatised[^] I would freakin' think so. Man cuts off head 'in fear'[^]

            Clones are people two.

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            Brad Jennings
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            Wow, I'll never look at a meat saw the same way again.:omg: Brad Jennings "You're mom is nice. Mind if I go out with her?" - Jörgen Sigvardsson

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              Don't worry, there are no photographs. Apparently the man went into the butchery section and used the bansaw they use for slicing meat. I don't think his head came off entirely.

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              Ah, ok, I had this very Monty-Pythonesque vision of someone using a hacksaw to cut his own head off, which, with hindsight was pretty ridiculous. :-O You wouldn't be able to do as you described in my local supermarket as the cutters are protected by safety guards, but I guess they were more concerned with losing fingers than customers' heads. That is pretty extreme. Debbie

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                Wow, I'll never look at a meat saw the same way again.:omg: Brad Jennings "You're mom is nice. Mind if I go out with her?" - Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                Megan Forbes
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                Brad Jennings wrote: Wow, I'll never look at a meat saw the same way again And neither will those poor employees, I'm sure! Time for a career change for them... :(


                What prevents people from seeing is the ghost of recollections of the past, in their eyes. - Carl Kyhlberg

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                  I don't exactly want to look at the links at the moment, but (not being a medical person!) I cannot fathom how on earth someone could do that. Physically, I mean?? Hell, even chopping your own head off with a lucky swing of an axe would be pretty damn difficult, I would have thought, but with a saw? Or was it a chain saw...that would do it, I guess X| Debbie

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                  Bruce Duncan
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                  No pics, thankfully, and the articles are not particularly graphic. He apparently did not cut his head clean off.

                  Clones are people two.

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                    Wow, I'll never look at a meat saw the same way again.:omg: Brad Jennings "You're mom is nice. Mind if I go out with her?" - Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                    Bruce Duncan
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                    Not to mention that the store will have a stigma attached to it for quite some time.

                    Clones are people two.

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                      Not to mention that the store will have a stigma attached to it for quite some time.

                      Clones are people two.

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                      True, but there again people do sometimes have an attraction to the macarbre and gory. Mind you, I'm not sure I'd entirely trust the sausages/meat pies? Debbie

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                        Richards Bay - A man sawed his head off in full view of staff and customers at a grocery store in the northern KwaZulu-Natal province town of Richard's Bay on Monday afternoon, police said. Man cuts off head in shop[^] :omg: Butchery staff traumatised[^] I would freakin' think so. Man cuts off head 'in fear'[^]

                        Clones are people two.

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                        Philip Fitzsimons
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                        is he still alive? ;P;P;P


                        "When the only tool you have is a hammer, a sore thumb you will have."

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                          Not to mention that the store will have a stigma attached to it for quite some time.

                          Clones are people two.

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                          Megan Forbes
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                          Bruce Duncan wrote: Not to mention that the store will have a stigma attached to it for quite some time. Yeah, quite freaky. My family live in RBay, but not sure if they shop at Shoprite. Must be pretty discouraging for those who do.


                          What prevents people from seeing is the ghost of recollections of the past, in their eyes. - Carl Kyhlberg

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                            is he still alive? ;P;P;P


                            "When the only tool you have is a hammer, a sore thumb you will have."

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                            Rohit Sinha
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                            Philip Fitzsimons wrote: is he still alive? Yes. But he resigned from his job and has now applied for a patent on how to slice one's head off and sew it back on. Meanwhile he's doing shows.
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                            Rohit Sinha

                            Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
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                              True, but there again people do sometimes have an attraction to the macarbre and gory. Mind you, I'm not sure I'd entirely trust the sausages/meat pies? Debbie

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                              Bruce Duncan
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                              Debs wrote: people do sometimes have an attraction to the macarbre and gory ala rotten.com ? ugh, no thanks.

                              Clones are people two.

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                                is he still alive? ;P;P;P


                                "When the only tool you have is a hammer, a sore thumb you will have."

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                                Bruce Duncan
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                                No, I don't think he was a politician.

                                Clones are people two.

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                                  Couldn't believe it when I saw that on IOL last night! The thing is, just think how brave you would have to be to do that! Seems to me, once you are that courageous, if you only took a couple of minutes to look around, you would probably have the courage to go on living. Very sad.


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                                  Megan Forbes wrote: Seems to me, once you are that courageous, if you only took a couple of minutes to look around, you would probably have the courage to go on living. Well, if, as he suspected, a large gang of men were after him, who knows what horrible things they had in store once they caught him? He may have seen this as the only way out... ...yeah, ok, it's still bizarre - i'd have gone with the sleeping pills three counters over.

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                                    No pics, thankfully, and the articles are not particularly graphic. He apparently did not cut his head clean off.

                                    Clones are people two.

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                                    Ed Gadziemski
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                                    He apparently did not cut his head clean off. So his ghost will be like Nearly-headless Nick from the Harry Potter books? :) Those willing to trade liberty for security deserve neither - Benjamin Franklin

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                                      Richards Bay - A man sawed his head off in full view of staff and customers at a grocery store in the northern KwaZulu-Natal province town of Richard's Bay on Monday afternoon, police said. Man cuts off head in shop[^] :omg: Butchery staff traumatised[^] I would freakin' think so. Man cuts off head 'in fear'[^]

                                      Clones are people two.

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                                      On a related note, just yesterday a man was seen walking through a small town in Germany, with the head of a young woman in one hand, and a big knife in the other...


                                      "Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
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                                        On a related note, just yesterday a man was seen walking through a small town in Germany, with the head of a young woman in one hand, and a big knife in the other...


                                        "Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
                                        sighist | Agile Programming | doxygen

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                                        Clickety[^] "The man said he had been provoked before the deed," the spokesman said... Well, at least he had a good reason. :rolleyes: Mike Mullikin :beer:

                                        "When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips

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                                          Couldn't believe it when I saw that on IOL last night! The thing is, just think how brave you would have to be to do that! Seems to me, once you are that courageous, if you only took a couple of minutes to look around, you would probably have the courage to go on living. Very sad.


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                                          :confused: Brave and courageous aren't the words I would use to describe that kind of behaviour. I've always thought suicide (unless it is in the act of saving others) was rather weak and gutless. Mike Mullikin :beer:

                                          "When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips

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