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Friar Tuck Hair Doo

2003 Reader Submission
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My brother Glen Jr. needed to drill a hole in one of the arms sticking off a telepheone pole on our parents ranch. He set a ladder against it, climbed up without any safety gear to the top of the ladder. Once there he couldn't reach out far enough, so he turned around on the ladder facing away from the pole and began drilling. Soon he realized it wasn't very secure drilling in this position and he wasn't getting much leverage he felt he needed to hold on to the pole somehow. Figuring things out he determined the best thing to do was to lock the drill in the on position, place it on his head, stand up pressing the drill upward with his legs and holding on to the arm on the pole while pulling himself upwards. As he did this, the drill must have hit a knot, as the bit stopped and with it locked to the on position, the body of the drill began to spin. As the drill spun the cracks and vents in the drill grabbed his hair which was very painful, as a reflex he tried to grab the drill to shut it off, releasing the pole as he did. This made him loose his balance, causing him to fall off the ladder. Since the drill was stuck on a knot it stuck, while he fell, ripping his hair loose as he went falling to the ground. As he hit the ground the drill dislodged falling down to strike him as he lay on the ground. Leaving him with a clean bald spot on the top of his head.

Submitted on 11/21/2003

Submitted by: Garrett Johnson
Reference: personal story Spring 1980

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Daniel said:
Neutral: Lacks Excellence
A better write up would help, but it has good elements.

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Neutral: Personal Account
Agree with the Mods; A better write-up, and it could be a good personal account.

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Maybe Toss: Personal Account
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Jack said:
Maybe Toss: Other
Huunh? Would you like to try to do a rewrite and resubmit it?

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