[karajorma]

Might as well put something useful there, like an MP3 player.

Personally I reckon a flip top lid is the best suggestion. You could store your lunch or whatever. For halloween you could install some flashing LEDs and go as Data from TNG

[Prophet]

Yeah, and everyone will freak out when they see you digging porrage from your head with a plastic spoon...

I'd prefer a small computer. Display and powercable/battery could be plugged in to the ear. And wireless mouse and keyboard goes to your pockets. What would be a problem is overheating. The ear should also be protected to prevent sweat from getting to the powercable.

[nukephile]

Actually it's possible to miss even with a shotgun. I remember hearing of one case where the guy blew his face off but lived.

I've actually seen a guy who blew half of his face off with a shotgun in a suicide attempt. He made the mistake of putting the shotgun muzzle under his chin and not in his mouth. Or that's what's supposed to be the "correct" way of doing it according to my army buddies.

[Prophet]

And if you want to waste someone, and are a good marksman, don't aim between the eyes. Most of the brain mass is actually above the eyes.
Or, don't aim at the head at all. Since the human brain seems to be a bit unreliable when it comes to dying, you should go for the heart.

[karajorma]

I've actually seen a guy who blew half of his face off with a shotgun in a suicide attempt. He made the mistake of putting the shotgun muzzle under his chin and not in his mouth. Or that's what's supposed to be the "correct" way of doing it according to my army buddies.

Apparently putting it in your mouth isn't sure-fire either. Shotguns are quite long see and it's all too easy to easy to jerk the barrel up or down as you struggle to reach and pull the trigger.

In which case you blow the back of your head off but miss the brain completely or accidently slip it out of your mouth and simply end up shooting yourself in the face.

[nukephile]

In which case you blow the back of your head off but miss the brain completely or accidently slip it out of your mouth and simply end up shooting yourself in the face.

If you blow the back of your head off, it doesn't matter whether there was any damage to your brain, because the shot most likely severed your spinal cord and cut all neural connections from the brain to the body. But you're right about the difficulty of reaching the trigger. If your head was slightly turned when you pulled the trigger, the pellets could exit somewhere under your ear or behind your jaw, but even then there would be damage to one of your jugular veins.

[Mefustae]

Stuff the shotgun, just go off a tall building. Nice, showy way of going out, you've got a nice view for most of the way down, and if you've got good aim, you might just take a few innocent bystanders to hell with you.

[karajorma]

Except that in rare incidents it's possible to survive a fall from a great height too. I even once heard the story of a guy who tried to commit suicide by jumping off the 86th floor of a building only to be blown back in through a window on the 83rd floor by a freak gust of wind.

True or not it could happen

[nukephile]

I wonder if it's true what they say about jumpers. That most of them have second thoughts during the fall.

[Vagabond]

Oh yes!

I know another amusing failed suicide by jumpers!

One guy tried to jump off a eight storey building, and he landed on the woman. Both got hospitalised.

Man survived, but the woman died.

[Mefustae]

I wonder if it's true what they say about jumpers. That most of them have second thoughts during the fall.

Indeed, from a philosophical point of view, it is said that every single one of lifes little problems suddenly becomes solvable the second you jump. The only problem you can't solve is that you're travelling towards the pavement at nigh-on terminal velocity.

Wait... wasn't that a line from a movie or something...

[Prophet]

Every now and then there are incidents when someone falls (accidentally or not) from somewhere around fourth floor, and survives with a broken limb or as little as few bruises. The problem with Finland is to find a tall enought building. We prefer bridges, masts and towers.

A friend of mine got in to trouble with the police (again) and jumped without a second thought from a second floor window. I think he landed on his head because he remained unaffected by the fall and managed to escape.

[Vagabond]

I wonder if it's true what they say about jumpers. That most of them have second thoughts during the fall.

Indeed, from a philosophical point of view, it is said that every single one of lifes little problems suddenly becomes solvable the second you jump. The only problem you can't solve is that you're travelling towards the pavement at nigh-on terminal velocity.

Wait... wasn't that a line from a movie or something...

Well, then... they had a couple of moments to stop and reflect on the decision they made.

Especially after the point of no return.

I would imagine that there would be quite a few thoughts, unless they are knocked out by the shock of watching the ground come up to them unusually fast.

[ilya]

I would imagine that there would be quite a few thoughts, unless they are knocked out by the shock of watching the ground come up to them unusually fast.

"And whats this thing coming toward me very fast? So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like 'Ow', 'Ownge', 'Round', 'Ground'! Thats it! Ground! Ha! I wonder if it'll be friends with me? Hello Ground!"

[aldo_14]

"Oh, not again"

[Flipside]

Freefall is not a good place to have second thoughts, unless they are along the lines of 'Why didn't my parachute open?'

[aldo_14]

Freefall is not a good place to have second thoughts, unless they are along the lines of 'Why didn't my parachute open?'

"Did I leave the oven on?"

[Goober5000]

I think he landed on his head because he remained unaffected by the fall and managed to escape.