Then he goes into the living room, ties a noose in the rope, threads it through the hook, climbs up on the stool, and puts his head in the noose. Kicks the stool away.
He's fairly sure that you don't lose much blood when you hang yourself, and it isn't because of worries about the dust or the drilling. Or the marks when he kicks away the stool.
In other words, Ove has a good deal of time to think after he's kicked the stool over and fallen and landed on the floor with a lot of angry thrashing.
I may have duct taped you to a wall, kicked out your front teeth, and even zipped you in a suitcase and tried to check you as luggage on a flight, but you've got a lot of fun memories to look back on.
" Something decent" ? Blanche LeHaye finished for her. " I used to. I've got over that. Now all I ask is to get a laugh when I kick the comedian's hat off with my toe" .
The altercation was conducted in a low tone of voice, and terminated in the honest tradesman’s kicking off his clay-soiled boots, and lying down at his length on the floor.