A few tips

http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hanging2.html

There you go, how the proffessionals do it.

Baldrick should make a nice clean job of his forthcoming suicide. A
quick severance of the cervical vertebrae is always the quickest and
most effective form of hanging.

As any property will shortly be taken off him
a lamp post should suffice, or a robust tree. Filling his pockets with
turnips will help with the snapping procedure, plus make identification
of his corpse easier.
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