(Reuters) Some men will go to any lengths to prove how macho they are. Witness Frenchman Pierre Pumpille, of Lyon, who recently shunted a stationary car two feet by head-butting it.
"Women thought I was God," he explained from his hospital bed.
Pumpille is a veritable girl's blouse compared to Polish farmer Krystof Azninski, who staked a strong claim to being Europe's most macho man by cutting off his head.
Azninski, 30, had been drinking with friends when it was suggested they strip naked and play some men's games. Initially they hit each other over the head with frozen turnips, but then one man seized a chain saw and cut off the end of his foot.
Not to be outdone, Azninski grabbed the saw and, crying, "Watch this," then swung at his own head and chopped it off.
"It's funny", said one companion, "Cause when he was young he put on his sister's underwear, but he died like a man."