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India-Pakistan
'Depressed Pakistani severs head with electric saw'
2009-01-10
Depressed, ya say? I suppose that would help if you're gonna do something like this...
A Pakistani businessman, depressed by the impact of economic crisis, killed himself with an electric saw by almost severing his head in his Sharjah home, Al-Ittihad newspaper said on Friday.
"Whattaya think, Muldoon?"
"Craftsman, Sarge, the 7 1/2 incher."
The man, aged 60, was the head of several construction firms affected by the international credit crunch.

His body was found in a pool of blood on Wednesday, with the electric saw still running, the newspaper said, quoting police in Sharjah, one of the seven emirates making up the United Arab Emirates. His wife said her husband had complained recently about the difficulties he faced because of the lack of finance needed for company projects and to honour promises to his clients.
Posted by:Fred

#10  Saw pictures once of a guy that used a bandsaw. Messy.
Posted by: mojo   2009-01-10 23:07  

#9  or dremels

Hey! Stop that!
Posted by: Dremel   2009-01-10 15:10  

#8  PIMF

Draino
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2009-01-10 14:18  

#7  That's as bad as the character in Vonnegut's "Breakfast of Champions" who's mother committed suicide by drinking Drano.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2009-01-10 14:17  

#6  Ed and Stanley,
don't be cruel.

At least give them a claw hammer.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2009-01-10 13:08  

#5  Are we to assume the phrase ... "was the head of several construction firms"... was an unintended slip of the tongue??
Posted by: WolfDog   2009-01-10 11:41  

#4  or dremels
Posted by: Stanley   2009-01-10 10:37  

#3  I propose Manhattan and Washington DC financial engineers off themselves using belt sanders.
Posted by: ed   2009-01-10 09:10  

#2  Getting that in China, too - not the suicides, but formerly prosperous businessmen unable to cope with a suddenly competitive environment. They were fine as long as the orders kept pouring in. I knew people who set up factories without an idea of who was going to buy their product, or even what exactly the product was going to be. Just hang out a shingle, post an ad on alibaba, and watch the money roll in.
Posted by: gromky   2009-01-10 06:56  

#1  
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2009-01-10 01:31  

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