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Man Saws Off His Own Head in South African Supermarket [2003 Darwin Award Winner!]
IOL Wire ^
| May 6, 2003
| wire staff
Posted on 05/06/2003 6:15:30 PM PDT by ewing
A 31 year old man sawed his head off in full view of staff and customers at a supermarket in Richards Bay on Monday afternoon.
Superintendent Jay Naiker said Emmanuel Gumbi walked into the butchers section of the Shoprite, switched on an electric meat saw, positioned his neck near the blade and sawed off his head.
He said Gumbi did not leave a suicide note.
Naiker said Gumbi's famil had been shocked by the indcident because he never shoed signs of depression.
(Excerpt) Read more at itechnology.co.za ...
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Clean up on aisle 2!
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:15:30 PM PDT
by
ewing
To: ewing
I've never heard of this before. Definitely a man ahead of his time....
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:18:16 PM PDT
by
TheDon
( It is as difficult to provoke the United States as it is to survive its eventual and tardy response)
To: mhking
ping
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:18:52 PM PDT
by
ewing
To: ewing
He said Gumbi did not leave a suicide note.Dang.... Because there are so many questions that need answering!
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:19:22 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.)
To: ewing
Suicides are not Darwin award winners though.... Darwin awards are intended for accidently killing yourself in a bizarre manner.... not doing it on purpose, I don't think.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:20:53 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.)
To: HairOfTheDog
Like who were the poor people in the butchers section at the time!
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:20:59 PM PDT
by
ewing
To: ewing
It is a particularly vivid way to kill yourself.... I scor it a 9.8 for moxy!
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:23:33 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.)
To: HairOfTheDog
The Russian judge scores a 9.9, almost as good as the Asian lady throwing herself into the Pirahna tank at feeding time.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:29:36 PM PDT
by
ewing
To: TheDon
Gotta give him credit for creativity!
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:30:36 PM PDT
by
ewing
To: HairOfTheDog
Youre right I dont think he would be eligible for the Darwin..
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:33:53 PM PDT
by
ewing
To: HairOfTheDog
I agree.
To: ewing
Gumbi?
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Zzzzzip! BLAP!
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....
If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:18:35 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: ewing
Youre right I dont think he would be eligible for the Darwin.. Unless of course, the blade had been really dull.
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:20:52 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.)
To: ewing; mhking
I smell a lawsuit! Was there no warning sticker on it stating that placing your head on it could cause serious injury? This man is a VICTIM of evil corporate greed - they were too cheap to put labels on it.
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:34:01 PM PDT
by
chance33_98
(www.hannahmore.com -- Shepherd Of Salisbury Plain is online, more to come! (my website))
To: RosieCotton
Bring Me the Head of Emmanuel Gumbi
To: RosieCotton
Gumbi/GumbyI'm surprised that it took nearly a half-hour for someone to make this connection...
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posted on
05/07/2003 12:31:37 AM PDT
by
MrJingles
("Nietzsche is dead." - God)
To: chance33_98
No warning sticker on the blade?
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posted on
05/07/2003 6:24:51 AM PDT
by
ewing
To: mhking
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posted on
05/07/2003 6:35:59 AM PDT
by
SquirrelKing
("Beware the barrenness of a busy life." - Socrates)
To: chance33_98
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posted on
05/07/2003 7:57:57 AM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
("Never have so many been so wrong about so many things"---Sec. Defense Donald Rumsfeld)
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