Bad Munki posted:

https://i.imgur.com/SN1YpYC.gifv

LifeSunDeath posted:

I'm a huge fan of people trying to gently stop a run away forklift with their pitiful human strength.

Kith posted:

https://i.imgur.com/Us4t2HH.mp4

Kith posted:

https://i.imgur.com/0M3U7AT.mp4

kw0134 posted:

What was he even trying to do? Up until "oh poo poo" I'd really like to know what his thought process was.

Salami Surgeon posted:

I've been on the other side if that though, where the simple solution is simple because it ignores everything that makes it complicated. Like a system that weighs the boxes and stops the lines when it detects an empty is simpler than one that rejects empty boxes and feeds them back to the machine. And even simpler is a fan that blows the boxes onto the floor. So you end up with leftover batch A tubes and missing batch A boxes, and someone simply takes batch B boxes to finish the run. So you simply recall all the effected batches when you discover the batch ID on your tubes don't match your boxes on outgoing product. Then you implement a simple fix to prevent mislabeled batches going out. Then a simple fix for that. And so on. Until your entire production line is a Rube Goldberg machine of simple fixes that constantly shut the line down anyway.

El Spamo posted:

I really want to see the controls for this thing and how the operator is managing them.

Captain Hygiene posted:

You can't blame their reaction, few people know that burial at sea is the proper and respectful method to retire a forklift at the end of its life

`Nemesis posted:

Nenonen posted:

Who said that chivalry was dead? Joust look at that!

Drone_Fragger posted:

The ocean can have a little forklift, as a treat.

Admiral Joeslop posted:

My girlfriend works in payroll for a hospital and sent this to me:

"Just found out our computers in my cubicle area are on the same breaker as the microwaves, air fryer, and refrigerators.... Someone blew the breaker."

Beginning to see why their computers are constantly going down.

Kith posted:

https://i.imgur.com/rsKvuHq.mp4

Kith posted:

https://i.imgur.com/X6Bcw7F.mp4

Kith posted:

https://i.imgur.com/X6Bcw7F.mp4

quote:

The Bricklayer's Accident Report

Told by Gerard Hoffnung at the Oxford Union, December 4th, 1958

Dear Sir:

I am writing in response to your request for additional information in Block #3 of the accident reporting 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 am a bricklayer by trade. On the day of the accident, I was working alone on the roof of a new six-story building. When I completed my work, I found I had some bricks left over which when weighed later were found to weigh 240 lbs. 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 at 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 insure a slow descent of the 240 lbs of bricks. You will note on the accident reporting form that my weight is 135 lbs.

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, accident reporting form.

Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the fingers of my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley which I mentioned in Paragraph 2 of this correspondence. Fortunately by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold the rope, in spite of the excruciating pain I was now beginning to experience.

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, the barrel weighed approximately 50 lbs.

I refer you again to my weight. As you might 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 severe 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 and watching the empty barrel six stories above me, I again lost my composure and presence of mind and let go of the rope.

Preoptopus posted:

Stumbled into this old but goody

Preoptopus posted:

Stumbled into this old but goody

Preoptopus posted:

Stumbled into this old but goody

Aragosta posted:

I wonder if that story is the basis for this song.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mzCmceBrYw

Preoptopus posted:

Stumbled into this old but goody

Ironhead posted:

I thought it came from The Dubliners, but apparently they just have one of the more famous versions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtYNqQAEUT4

"Pat Cooksey is the original songwriter of The Sick Note. He wrote the song in 1969 and performed it himself at various comedy clubs and festivals around Ireland. The original song is to be sung to the tune of the Irish melody, "In the Garden Where the Praties Grow." While most recordings of the song follow this tune, others have many minor changes while keeping the words the same."

According to some random website, Pat Cooksey himself claims it was already an old story when he wrote the song.

"Over a long number of years there has been much speculation concerning this song. I wrote this song under it's original title Paddy and the Barrell in 1969, and first performed it in The Dyers Arms in Coventry at this time, and in 1972 Sean Cannon, later to become a member of the Dubliners began to perform it in the folk clubs under the title The Sick Note. The song was based on Gerard Hoffnung's wonderful address to the Oxford Union, but the story in a more simple form dates back to the English music halls in the 1920's and appeared in the Readers Digest in 1937."

Kith posted:

https://i.imgur.com/X6Bcw7F.mp4

Kith posted:

https://i.imgur.com/X6Bcw7F.mp4

ComradePyro posted:

my cousin's dad drowned in 2 feet of water when a piece of equipment flipped and pinned him. receiving this news unlocked a new recurring nightmare for me.

2Fast2Nutricious posted:

Are you allergic to the word uncle or is your family tree more like a family ouroboros?

kanonvandekempen posted:

If the video for this has been posted already, I apologise. I'm tangentially involved in the investigation after this happened, so wanted to talk a bit. As far as I understand, nobody died and all the victims are now expected to survive, but it was close.
https://www.telegraaf.nl/video/671149497/beelden-dodemansrit-in-belgische-kermisattractie-gefilmd

Single point of failure for everyone's safety, only inspection by the owner necessary on set-up, with one inspection every 10 year by an independant body. What a massive legislative failure.