Morbid thoughts from spending too much time on the interstate
It stuck me that a particularly effective means of suicide (if one arranged things right) would be to get a strong but slender rope, determine the appropriate length, tie one end to the guard rail on a highway overpass, the other end around your neck, and time the jump so you reach the end of the rope just before a semi truck passes through the space occupied by your body. The length of the drop should be enough to crush your windpipe and snap your spinal cord. The semi provides the added bonus of finishing you off if everything else didn't work just right. With any luck, and a slender enough rope, you'd stand a good chance of decapitating yourself. Of course, it'll probably traumatize the driver of the truck and scar him for life. But what do you care? You're dead. On the incredibly off chance that you accidentally survive this, your life is bound to get better. After all, what could be worse than going through this ordeal? If there's some reason for you to stay alive after this, you better live life to the fullest.
Okay, I won't do this to you very often. ;-)
