if ur gonna shoot urself in the head...

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:53 pm

i suppose if you fired upward at ~70° angle from the base of your skull, you could get the bullet into the "important bits" without having to penetrate the skull.
the penetration factor i'd assume is why most people go through the mouth.

the mob had good success with .22 at a rearward angle into the temple.
the small caliber bullet can't penetrate the skull but has very high velocity, allowing it to bounce around inside your brain bucket turning your thinker into swiss cheese.

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:54 pm

Heh, I'm going to have to do at least three of these defenses. 1 for my senior math project, 1 for my senior EE design project, and my master's thesis defense.

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:55 pm

Oh, and the correct answer for a pistol is a .45 or .44 magnum with hollowpoints, muzzle jammed in your mouth all the way to the back of your throat.

Post by **tnf** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:01 pm

Nightshade wrote:Heh, I'm going to have to do at least three of these defenses. 1 for my senior math project, 1 for my senior EE design project, and my master's thesis defense.

My worst was preparing for the PhD prelims...they had this thing called '20 questions.' It worked like this - you were given a list of 20 questions that pretty much encompassed all of molecular biology, from evolutionary stuff to the latest research to whatever. Each question was open ended, and you could write pages and pages of material on it. You had well over a year to prepare, but most didn't really start until a few months before. When your time came, you would go into a little room with 3 or 4 profs, and they would roll the dice to determine the questions you had to answer. The goal was to be able to talk for about 20-30 minutes on each one, and then answer questions for another 15-20. They didn't decide who passed and failed until everyone had gone.

If you passed, you were a PhD candidate. If you failed, you had one more shot, and then you were stuck with a master's and that was all you'd get. I quit anyhow, so it didn't matter that I passed.

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:09 pm

One of the engineers I work with was starting PhD qualifiers a while back. One of them consisted of a prof handing him some paper and saying "Write down everything you know about the periodic table."
I think he had an hour to do it. :lol:
He still only has a master's.

Post by **Hannibal** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:02 am

Prelims shelims. Don't even get me started. EVERY MEMBER OF EVERY PHD COMMITTEE NEEDS TO HAVE THEIR GENITALS SNACKED ON BY A PACK OF WILD BOARS!!

*whew* I needed to get that out.

ps: real men shoot themselves in the balls kids. Suffering makes the eventual oblivion that much sweeter.

Post by **tnf** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:54 am

Hannibal wrote:Prelims shelims. Don't even get me started. EVERY MEMBER OF EVERY PHD COMMITTEE NEEDS TO HAVE THEIR GENITALS SNACKED ON BY A PACK OF WILD BOARS!!

*whew* I needed to get that out.

ps: real men shoot themselves in the balls kids. Suffering makes the eventual oblivion that much sweeter.

They can be arseholes.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:29 am

I've learned so much from this thread, from a geoff thread of all threads.

Post by **werldhed** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:59 am

tnf wrote:
Nightshade wrote:Heh, I'm going to have to do at least three of these defenses. 1 for my senior math project, 1 for my senior EE design project, and my master's thesis defense.
My worst was preparing for the PhD prelims...they had this thing called '20 questions.' It worked like this - you were given a list of 20 questions that pretty much encompassed all of molecular biology, from evolutionary stuff to the latest research to whatever. Each question was open ended, and you could write pages and pages of material on it. You had well over a year to prepare, but most didn't really start until a few months before. When your time came, you would go into a little room with 3 or 4 profs, and they would roll the dice to determine the questions you had to answer. The goal was to be able to talk for about 20-30 minutes on each one, and then answer questions for another 15-20. They didn't decide who passed and failed until everyone had gone.

If you passed, you were a PhD candidate. If you failed, you had one more shot, and then you were stuck with a master's and that was all you'd get. I quit anyhow, so it didn't matter that I passed.

Heh, we don't get a masters if we fail. After two years in the program, there's a two-part qualifying exam, which consists of written research proposal and an oral defense of it. You're warned to expect a 3-hour defense, and if you don't pass after the second try, you get nothing. You're just out of the program.

Boy, I can't wait to deal with the anxiety of THAT. :icon8:

Post by **MaCaBr3** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:31 pm

I'd shoot myself in the temple.

Post by **Dark Metal** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:02 pm

CaseDogg wrote:my bad.

Not you!

Post by **Pauly** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:13 pm

MaCaBr3 wrote:I'd shoot myself in the temple.

I'd do it in my bedroom

Post by **4days** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:19 pm

Freakaloin wrote:i know of a guy who shot himself with a shotty in the mouth and he lived...its kinda tricky i guess...

the judas priest fan? remember watching a show about him - poor dumb bastard blew the whole front of his head off and didn't die.

spent the last of his days sat in a hospital with a wet flannel draped over the gaping hole in his forehead until he finally overdosed on painkillers or something.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:22 pm

4days wrote:
Freakaloin wrote:i know of a guy who shot himself with a shotty in the mouth and he lived...its kinda tricky i guess...
the judas priest fan? remember watching a show about him - poor dumb bastard blew the whole front of his head off and didn't die.

spent the last of his days sat in a hospital with a wet flannel draped over the gaping hole in his forehead until he finally overdosed on painkillers or something.

no

Post by **Pauly** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:23 pm

Geoffrey is talking about his neighbour.

"I can't stand living next door to that dumb cunt any more" BANG!

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:28 pm

at least i own a home u apt dwelling dimwit...

Post by **Pauly** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:31 pm

Freakaloin wrote:at least i own a home u apt dwelling dimwit...

Yeah owning a home is so fucking special. About 80% of the people in the UK owns a fucking home.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:32 pm

but not u...what a looser...

Post by **Pauly** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:34 pm

Freakaloin wrote:but not u...what a looser...

Mine is all paid for pal. Crushed.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:35 pm

Freakaloin wrote:where would be the best location for the desired result? just wondering...just in case...

i know of a guy who shot himself with a shotty in the mouth and he lived...its kinda tricky i guess...

He lived probably due to the fact that he probably put his head to far back and the shotgun was at to much of an angle.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:40 pm

Pauly wrote:
Freakaloin wrote:but not u...what a looser...
Mine is all paid for pal. Crushed.

ur cardboard box is paid for? thats amazing junior...

my house, boat and 2 cars are all paid for...we pay 370 a month for insurance and taxes for all of em...lol...CRUSHED...

Post by **losCHUNK** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:45 pm

its a 'bungalow' not a house

we got thm here, old bastards who cant manage the task of crawling the stairs once a night has them

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