Only in the Kingdom of Jahilia
There were two e-mails in his inbox: one from her, terminating their engagement, the other one a LIFE_ last in first exit. It took him five minutes to decide that there was no point to life. He would end it. Jahilia was kaput!
He bought a good length of rope and went out to look for a tree, and when he found one, he made a loop, hoisted himself up it and tied the other end on a firm branch. He put his neck through the noose, closed his eyes, said Good-bye cruel life, and jumped.
The rope broke.
Within minutes a police car arrived on the scene, and two gendarmes roughly bundled him in the paddy wagon.
A week later he appeared in court charged with attempted murder with premedication. The jury found him guilty as charged.
In this country, the judge said as he pronounced his verdict, premeditated murder is taken very seriously, whether the attempt succeeds or not. You planned the murder of yourself, and the jury has found you guilty as charged, so I am bound by the laws of Jahilia to condemn you to be hanged by the neck until you are dead. God have mercy on your soul.
