My favorite gag at work when someone does something deliberately manly is to say "Wow! You really manhandled that!" Then after a long pause, "All that manhandling you've been doing has really paid off."
I used to work for this climber who would start every tree with a couple of shirts on and then he shed as the day went on. He climbed bare chested so much that he what would be great tan if not for all the white scars all over him from getting scratched while climbing.
I prefer long sleeves...
Unattended chipper, next to a grocery store entrance? If it wasn't so expensive you could grab a pot roast and wrap it in a white bathmat, throw it through the chipper and yell "Oh my god Fifi!"
Willard, I had a customer call me a while back and tell me about one of his fellow engineers at Hewlett Packard falling while doing his own tree work. In an attempt to save money, he ended up breaking his neck and is now paralyzed.
All American Steve broke his hand by putting a ladder on a roof like that. The roof was slippery with moss and surprise, the ladder fell, as did Steve. Being a rational person Steve spent the next couple of years trying to sue the owners for negligence. When I met him is hand turned at an...
Pigwot, good for you. Offering to show those folks a safer way or bale them out if they get in a pinch. I have stopped by similar scenes and offered to show them a better way. I will teach anyone, I do not care if they are a competitor. I hate to see hack work and I don't want anyone to get...
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