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2009-01-10 India-Pakistan

'Depressed Pakistani severs head with electric saw'

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Posted by Fred 2009-01-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-01-10 01:31|| 2009-01-10 01:31|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-01-10 06:56|| Front Page Top

#3 I propose Manhattan and Washington DC financial engineers off themselves using belt sanders.

Posted by ed 2009-01-10 09:10|| 2009-01-10 09:10|| Front Page Top

#4 or dremels

Posted by Stanley 2009-01-10 10:37|| 2009-01-10 10:37|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-01-10 11:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Ed and Stanley,
don't be cruel.

At least give them a claw hammer.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2009-01-10 13:08|| 2009-01-10 13:08|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-01-10 14:17|| Front Page Top

#8 PIMF

Draino