50 years of friendship, down he toilets

[fastandbulbous]

You probably would have gotten into bother, as you had a knife, and unless you were there to help him strip cables or it was his knife and had evidence, you'd probably have got murder or manslaughter.
However, them crushing your throat to the point to had to entertain this (you'd have bruises etc.) would have been taken heavily into consideration.
Morally, I think you did the right thing in resisting the urge, but it does look like this friendship could be done.
Good luck getting some sleep and getting well, f&b.

People have said I sound somehow 'different'. Still my voice but something weird about it. And yes, my throat looked like I'd really pissed off Bruce Lee, or the like.
It hurt for fucking ages afterwards.

Well, cosmetic surgery, as a hand transplant (well, maybe not quite so cosmetic!), had chance to have residual transplant pain. Just is it liveable, when you've become my age

 

[fastandbulbous]

Thank God things didn't escalate to the point of no return for both of you. How quickly things can get close to that point, and to that point, is scary though.

Well, as far as I'm concerned, it's like I don't know him (but I fucking do!)

 

[fastandbulbous]

Edit: Friend, he doesn't owe us a full explanation of what went on that day. Would he be going too far if he dropped his friend? That is the essential question.

I have something not quite phobia, more uncontŕoll ollable dislike of having throat touched. One more nutter behaviour!!

 

[sekio]

A knife to pretty much anywhere in the neck has a pretty good chance of causing at least some serious bleeding, I don't think "aiming" is necessary.

I am disabled (wheelchair bound) and you can damn well bet that I would embed a pair of scissors or something similar into some part of your anatomy if I was being held in such a way that my breathing was restricted.

However I try not to let things come to that. Generally speaking I do not argue with my friends, and certainly physical contact never comes into play. And anyone who does such a thing (either continual arguments/rudeness, continued violent posturing, or aggressive acts against me or anyone I consider a reasonable person) is quickly removed from my social circle and contact is minimized.

If someone assaulted me like that I would never contact them again, and perhaps even make a police report (if the behavior resulted in visible injury).

That said I am glad to hear you are still around, even if beset by hard times.

 

[AlsoTapered]

We could get it as a competition on Sky Sport...

Oh, I wouldn't dare aspire to such heights. I wouldn't mind being the one in the corner holding the gumshield, towel around neck whispering words of encouragement as I polished the 'sticks of fury'.

Although I wouldn't get a job advertising aftershave, I might get a gig flogging pies.

 

[gordonliddy]

I have something not quite phobia, more uncontŕoll ollable dislike of having throat touched. One more nutter behaviour!!

Sure, but your friend didn't even have to know that to know that it is a terrible idea to choke you.

 

[fastandbulbous]

Innit.

Imagine murdering your mate of 50 years because you were butthurt about them overpowering you.

I just expresssed an opinion, possibly a bit manic, but nothing that deserves being knocked to the ground and having a forearm forcably pressed on your windpipe. I have never initiated violence (although my psychological assessment did mention going 'John Wick' over anyone who hurt either cat).
Anyone who behaves that way doesn't deserve friends, let alone a sharp object in the neck.
Yes I carry offensive objects, to maintain my prosthetic limb, but they are rather sharpened and would easily penetrate flesh (the folding Stanley knife was mine - I carry an utter assortment in pockets of combat jacket, to maintain prosthetic arm).
With the benefit of some days to calm down, it's now at the "wouldn't piss on him, if he was on fire" stage and that's where it stays.
I do wonder if he considers why none of the mates from when we were in our 20s will talk to him, or why his ex and kids live the other side of the country.
In the end, fuck him, I have lots of friends who would never react like this. He's had two heart attacks, smokes weed rollies and had serious COPD. Just wait until the day I see the ambulance in front of his house.

Sort of pisses me off he's alive and my wife, who was a wonderful person isn't...

 

[MsDiz]

I just expresssed an opinion, possibly a bit manic, but nothing that deserves being knocked to the ground and having a forearm forcably pressed on your windpipe. I have never initiated violence (although my psychological assessment did mention going 'John Wick' over anyone who hurt either cat).
Anyone who behaves that way doesn't deserve friends, let alone a sharp object in the neck.
Yes I carry offensive objects, to maintain my prosthetic limb, but they are rather sharpened and would easily penetrate flesh (the folding Stanley knife was mine - I carry an utter assortment in pockets of combat jacket, to maintain prosthetic arm).
With the benefit of some days to calm down, it's now at the "wouldn't piss on him, if he was on fire" stage and that's where it stays.
I do wonder if he considers why none of the mates from when we were in our 20s will talk to him, or why his ex and kids live the other side of the country.
In the end, fuck him, I have lots of friends who would never react like this. He's had two heart attacks, smokes weed rollies and had serious COPD. Just wait until the day I see the ambulance in front of his house.

Sort of pisses me off he's alive and my wife, who was a wonderful person isn't...

You'll be happy to know "our friend"'s garden is nout but a desert and to remain so forever.... muahahahahahahahaha

 

[AlsoTapered]

You'll be happy to know "our friend"'s garden is nout but a desert and to remain so forever.... muahahahahahahahaha

Nice to know some BLers look after each other.

Ready, ready. R for Ruminant. Last minute cockpit checks.

 

[fastandbulbous]

Nice to know some BLers look after each other.

Ready, ready. R for Ruminant. Last minute cockpit checks.

Carthage, you couldn't even taste the salt in the ground!

 

[AlsoTapered]

Carthage, you couldn't even taste the salt in the ground!

salt cost 7 denarii/Kg! Do you think the Romans were made of money? Good old fashioned diesel would have been cheaper.

 

[fastandbulbous]

A knife to pretty much anywhere in the neck has a pretty good chance of causing at least some serious bleeding, I don't think "aiming" is necessary.

I am disabled (wheelchair bound) and you can damn well bet that I would embed a pair of scissors or something similar into some part of your anatomy if I was being held in such a way that my breathing was restricted.

However I try not to let things come to that. Generally speaking I do not argue with my friends, and certainly physical contact never comes into play. And anyone who does such a thing (either continual arguments/rudeness, continued violent posturing, or aggressive acts against me or anyone I consider a reasonable person) is quickly removed from my social circle and contact is minimized.

If someone assaulted me like that I would never contact them again, and perhaps even make a police report (if the behavior resulted in visible injury).

That said I am glad to hear you are still around, even if beset by hard times.

To use that wonderful phrase, "I wouldn't piss on him, if he was on fire"!

 

[sekio]

Terry Pratchett — 'Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.'

Fun fact, a surprising amount of *snipp napalm recipe* and the resulting product tends to adhere quite well and burns for a long time with a wonderful black smoke.

 

[fastandbulbous]

Terry Pratchett — 'Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.'

Fun fact, *snip* and the resulting product tends to adhere quite well and burns for a long time with a wonderful black smoke.

*Snip*ping the nape

I do like that Terry Pratchett quote

 

[sekio]

The nice thing about gasoline is that it's cheap as chips (well sort of, gas is $1.76/L here, it ain't 1965 anymore) and available inconspicuously in large volumes in every gas station everywhere...

 

[AlsoTapered]

Same price in the UK but many of us do not drive for one reason or another, so turning up at a petrol station under CCTV would be what we term 'evidence'. The UK police can simply ask every station in the locale firstly if they remember someone buying petrol and then to look at their own CCTV recordings.

 

[Juniper Bruhmomentius]

This is sad when it happens. Like being the junkie of an alcoholic pothead group. Haha. Funny little hypocrites.

 

[blondin]

Terry Pratchett — 'Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.'

Fun fact, a *snip*, and the resulting product tends to adhere quite well and burns for a long time with a wonderful black smoke.

Crude napalm..

 

[AlsoTapered]

Not a pleasant thought. Vyacheslav Molotov isn't kindly remembered. Louis Fieser isn't remembered by most, but sadly, it's not for all of the other great discoveries he made.

 

[fastandbulbous]

Crude napalm..

You got to love the US equivalent of Porton Down. Original napalm could be wiped off, put out from water etc, so, to prevent it being wiped off, they added adhesive. To stop people jumping into water, they added phosphorus.