Some people in Thrace hang themselves as a game during drinking parties. They make a noose above a stone that is easily overturned if you stand on it. The noose is at just the right height. Then, a person is chosen by drawing a lot and he has to get on the stone. He is allowed only a small knife as he gets up on the stone and puts his head in the noose. Then someone from the party moves the stone so he has to quickly cut the rope or die. If he is not quick, he dies and is left hanging there. His death is considered quite amusing.
Wise men at dinner – Athenaeus.