That’ll show her

by Andy Jackson on August 14, 2006

Why can’t we get stuff like this in the New York Times?

A university student hanged himself in full view of his girlfriend abroad, to whom he had been chatting online via webcam link….

Kim’s girlfriend, a 27-year-old identified as Yang who was studying in the U.K., informed a friend living in Seoul, who in turn called the police.

Police said Kim and Yang had been fighting while video chatting at around 10:00 a.m. when Kim suddenly got up and killed himself.

“Even when I was in Korea, my boyfriend normally used to say extreme and unsettling thing when we fought, like he was going to kill himself,” police quoted Yang as saying. “At first, I though he was just trying to scare me, but I was shocked when I saw his body suddenly drop.”

{ 22 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Iceberg August 14, 2006 at 8:52 am

Guess he reached the end of his rope. Hehehe.

2 michael August 14, 2006 at 9:00 am

Hell, in the States we get televised suicides–this is small time ;)

3 Zonath August 14, 2006 at 9:10 am

Wow. You guys sure do enjoy the gallows humor.

(Sorry. Couldn’t resist.)

4 Wedge August 14, 2006 at 11:38 am

That’ll teach her.

5 Schlapsta August 14, 2006 at 12:08 pm

She’ll always remember him as being, well, hung. (terrible)

6 gbnhj August 14, 2006 at 12:41 pm

If I were that gal, I would have gone to the UK too. The manic-depressives there are a lot more sensitive and caring, whereas the guys back home just leave you hanging.

7 Randomperson August 14, 2006 at 1:32 pm

So.. many… bad… puns…

8 Zonath August 14, 2006 at 2:05 pm

We’re all horrible, horrible people.

9 seoulmilk August 14, 2006 at 2:06 pm

there’s no need to be all hung up over it. oops.

10 ashuri2 August 14, 2006 at 2:17 pm

[erhaps he didn't want to be in a long-distance relationship anymre, and she kept him on too short a leash? yeah...the trick is to listen the collar before the oxygen gives out. :P

11 Zonath August 14, 2006 at 2:21 pm

Jeebus, I’m laughing so hard that I’m choking.

12 StKY August 14, 2006 at 2:22 pm

I guess she should have hung around instead of leaving.
He was obviously pretty hung up on her.
Maybe if they’d hung out more often then he wouldn’t have had all those hang ups.

I had to join the parade. Don’t lynch me.

13 snow August 14, 2006 at 5:09 pm

Come on guys, give the poor girl a break. She just lost her boyfriend. Now who’s she going to hang around with?

14 Nomad August 14, 2006 at 5:59 pm

Not to be nitpicky, but did anyone check the date on that article?

But sometimes, old news is better than no news!

15 Iceberg August 14, 2006 at 6:10 pm

You’re right, Nomad. This guy was in the noose nearly a year ago. :-)

16 Wedge August 14, 2006 at 6:33 pm

It looks like he could at least string more than a few sentences together.

[Lame attempt to make up for earlier lame comment.]

17 Nomad August 14, 2006 at 8:22 pm

Iceberg,

But even after one year, he’s still somehow hanging around.

18 judge judy August 16, 2006 at 12:50 am

dangling articles are certainly bothersome…

19 slim August 16, 2006 at 2:48 am

He certainly was a swinger, but I don’t want to cut down someone who was obviously at the end of his rope and who’s not around to defend himself. And I agree that old noose is better than no noose.

20 Iceberg August 16, 2006 at 7:09 am

And here I thought this thread had dropped from people’s interest. Time to let it die.

21 Andy Jackson August 16, 2006 at 12:28 pm

I guess folks are not done with the bad puns.

22 J9 August 16, 2006 at 1:14 pm

Dang me, dang me, why not get a rope and…….

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