Widower Makes Guillotine for Suicide
LONDON (Reuters) - A British widower killed himself with a home-made guillotine exactly
two months after his wife's death, a coroner ruled. The inquest heard that Colin Vincent,
from the northern England town of Halifax, built the apparatus outside his home.
He lay under the heavy steel blade and used pliers to cut a retaining wire.
A pathologist told the hearing that the 57-year-old's head had been cleanly chopped off.
My Sardonic Thoughts
- Did no-one see this guy building a guillotine in his yard?
- What where the neighbors thinking?
- Imagine seeing your neighbor building a guillotine in his yard.... would you...
- Change your name to Robspiere?
- Offer him some cake?
- or just ask him what the heck he's thinking?
Also in today's news...
Clinton Stuns Negotiators - and - Protest Cost City Millions
(SEATTLE) -- President Clinton's top negotiators say they are stunned by his suggestion that trade sanctions should be used to
punish countries that violate labor standards. After several months of painstaking effort to get labor standards added to the World Trade Organization's agenda,
Clinton's top trade negotiators say his comments have all but destroyed any progress they were making. Clinton is also being blamed for urging people opposed to
the trade talks to come out and demonstrate in Seattle during a November tenth speech.
-- Looting and vandalism during the opening days of the World Trade Organization in Seattle has caused an estimated
two-Million-dollars damage. The Downtown Seattle Retailers Association says lost sales revenues may total nine-Million-dollars more. The city and several private
parking garages will allow free parking this weekend in an effort to lure holiday shoppers back to the city.
My Sardonic Thoughts
- Clearly Willy's trying to stop the WTO.
- Does he still see himself as a protestor from the 60's?
- Is this a way to boost the economy?
- Or does he figure the economy is going too well, and needs a slight setback?
