Poor planning

[waggzy]

This is supposed to be a true letter ....true or not.....you be the judge


This Bricklayer’s accident report was printed in the newsletter of the English equivalent of the Workers Compensation Board.


Dear Sir:
I am writing to you response to your request for additional information on the accident reporting form. I put “poor planning� as the cause of my accident. You said in your letter that I should explain more fully and I trust that 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 storey building. When I completed my work, I discovered that I had about 500 pounds of bricks left over. 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 back to the ground and untied the rope, holding the rope tightly to ensure a slow descent of the 500 pounds of bricks. You will not on the accident reporting form that my weight is 135 pounds.
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 rather rapid rate up the side of the building.
In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel which was now proceeding in a downward direction at an equally impressive rate of speed. This explains the fractured skull, minor abrasions and the broken collarbone as listed in Section III of the 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.
Fortunately, by this time, I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold tightly to 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 now weighed approximately 50 pounds.
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, that, as I lay there on the pile of bricks in pail 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.

[Kase]

I've seen this before and Mythbusters actually tested it out... I don't remember what the conclusion was

[hibby1875]

I know what the conclusion was - total and utter BULLSHIT!