Off topic, but funny

Brad White

There was that great chestnut regarding "Wile E. Coyote vs. ACME", a tort lawsuit reading like a legal brief. I will not post it here but e-mail me off line and I will send you a copy. I thought it was hysterical :)

As for Perry's comment that the story circulated since about the Civil War, remember that there was no Internet back then. Al Gore was not even born, silly! :)

Al_25

Accident Report

Maybe you guys have seen this before, but if not, I thought it was worth sharing:



This is a bricklayer's accident report, which was printed in the newsletter of the American Insurance Journal. This is a true story. Had this guy died, he'd have received a Darwin Award for sure..


Dear Sir: "I am writing in response to your request for additional information in Block 3 of the accident report form. I put "poor planning" as the cause of my accident. You asked for a fuller explanation and I trust the following details will be sufficient.

I was alone on the roof of a new six-story building. When I completed my work, I found that I had some bricks left over which, when weighed later, were found to be slightly more than 500 lb.. Rather than carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using a pulley, which was attached to the side of the building on the sixth floor. Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel out and loaded the bricks into
It. Then I went down and untied the rope, holding it tightly to ensure a slow descent of the bricks.

You will note in Block 11 of the accident report form, that I weigh 135 lb... Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I proceeded at a rapid rate up the side of the building.
In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel, which was now proceeding downward at an equally impressive speed. This explains the fractured skull, minor abrasions and the broken collarbone, as listed in section 3 of the accident report form.

Slowed down slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the fingers on my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley. Fortunately by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold tightly to the rope, in spite of beginning to
Experience a great deal of pain.

At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Now devoid of the weight of the bricks, that barrel weighed approximately 50 lb..

I refer you again to my weight... As you can imagine, I began a rapid descent down the
Side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor , I met the barrel coming up. This accounts for the two fractured ankles, broken tooth and several lacerations of my legs and lower body.

Here my luck began to change slightly. The encounter with the barrel seemed to slow me enough to lessen my injuries when I fell into the pile of bricks and fortunately, only three vertebrae were cracked.

I am sorry to report, however, as I lay there on the pile of bricks, in pain, unable to move, I again lost my composure and presence of mind and let go of the rope. I then lay there watching the empty barrel beginning its journey back down onto me. This explains
The two broken legs.

I hope this answers your questions.

Guy Woollard

Good


Was that filed by Wile E. Coyote?

Guy Woollard
N.E. Regional Sales Mgr
Triangle Tube Corp.

bill_71

was larry and curly there to help him out of the bricks at least?

Perry_3

Ancient Story.... Long considered not true

That story has circulated since at least US Civil War times... It just pops up again every now and then.

It is very unlikely to actually be true.

But, I will admit - it's a funny one...

Edited to add: I first read that basic story in a book printed before WW1 - only the primise was why some solder did not return from leave on time.

Al_25

This was emailed to me. My only line in the post was the very first one. So, unlike where it says, "this is a true story", I was sure it wasn't. However, at 3:25 am, the "visualization" of it had me bouncing off my desk chair.

Perry_3

That's what books and magazines were for...

It is amazing how many of the "current" stories can be found in old books...

How many movies are really based on the same stories that were in the greek tradegdies or even in the bible...

By the way; have you ever read "The Wolf's side of the Three Little Pig's" story. He is actually a nice wolf - and feels that "The Three Little Pigs" painted him and his breathern in a bad light.

Was it his fault that two of the houses could not withstand a sneeze from a wolf that was not feeling well...

What would you do if you were not feeling well, cold, and hungry and someone served you up dinner right if front of you? Would you not eat it?

I think the book is still in publication - see your local book store... The kids section - and right next to "The Three Little Pigs"

And with that I'll huff, and puff, and cough, and sneeze and not worry because I live in a brick house....

Perry

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True story...

A custoemr of mine, way back when when I was still doing service plumbing, needed to replace the muffler on his car. His wife was headed out to do some shopping. She left. He called a friend of his to come over to give him a hand.

As they were toiling under the car, the car owner asked his friend if he'd like a nice cold adult beverage (beer) to which his freind replied in the affirmative. The owner went into the house to retreive the beers, and the telephone rang. He answered it, and was chatting when his wife arrived back from her shopping spree. As she walked up the driveway, she saw what she thought was here hubbies blue jean clad legs sticking out from underneath the car, and lovingly reached down and "tweaked" the family jewels. The recipient of the "tweaking" quickly raised his head and knocked himself out on the frame of the car. The bride gleefully was skipping up to the house, giggling like a little school girl, and met her husband coming out of the door with two cold brewskis in his hand. She got a REAL panicked look on her face, and when they went back to the car in the driveway to check on his friend, they found him unconscious. They called 911, who dispatched a volunteer ambulance crew who extracted the still unconscious friend from under the car and placed him on a stretcher. As they were walking down the drive with the friend on the stretcher, explaining what had happened, one of the ambulance attendants started laughing so hard that he lost all control and dropped his end of the stretcher, therby depositing the friend onto the concrete driveway, thereby breaking his leg...

True story...

ME