I built one too when I was a kid!
Posted on 06/10/2010 12:46:23 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A depressed Russian engineer built a macabre homemade guillotine to commit suicide in his bedroom, Pravda reported Tuesday.
Troubled Albert Repin told his parents he was building a closet at their Moscow home.
But behind his locked bedroom door, the 47-year-old divorced man was secretly building a chilling replica of the 18th century killing machine -- famously used to behead enemies of the French Revolution.
Repin spent several days assembling his DIY guillotine out of plywood, rope, and metal sheeting.
Finally, he climbed into position before cutting the rope to release the heavy, makeshift blade.
"The guillotine did not cut off his head completely only because the metal was not sharpened," a local police spokesman said.
Repin's parents asked his brother to kick down the bedroom door when he wouldn't respond to calls.
The shocked sibling burst in to find Repin's body slumped beside the horrifying execution device, Pravda said.
Relatives say he never got over his divorce, which happened several years ago.
He should have tested the device on the girl first! lol
When the story was connected to FoxNewsHouston, I thought this was a Lone Star State event. Kind of disappointed that the russian guy decided to do come up with this in his home country.
Well, if you don’t like soccer, and that’s all that is on the local news, you might resort to desperate measures.
King Louie was deposed for he had no “head” for the business....Marie Antoinette found out and was quite ...”beside herself”.!
When guns are outlawed.....
Man. You gotta hand it to the Russians. Nobody can plumb the depths of misery like they can. I swear, they almost seem to enjoy it sometimes.
I built one too when I was a kid!
That looks like something Joe would find.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Mark Twain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NdJFmyLmMo&feature=related
Well, I beg to differ. I despise the term ‘permanent solution to a temporary problem’. Is it really temporary if it lasts 30 years? Been dealing with mental illness my whole life. Came DAMN close to suicide last April. Threw away a bunch of important items. But the Marine in me said Stay in the Fight. So here I still am.
Hang in there!
Now that’s preparation.
Gotta admit, that took some huge cajones...
Shine up that US Marine pride and wear it daily. Your country needs you now more than ever, FRiend.
Rest in peace Gumbi!
Right up to the end.
Engineer ping.
Good fear to have.
We don't want to lose you.
Prayers and an interwebs hug from me too.
My dad and I built a miniature guillotine for my seventh grade French project. Looking back, I wonder what the teacher thought of that?
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