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A blade in the hand

2008 Reader Submission
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My brother told me this story about his nieghbors that lived next door to him. He said he had the phone in one hand to call 911 and the camcorder in the other for America's funniest home videos.

Luckily, the idiots didn't get hurt, but I think they deserve an honorable mention. Now these guys were the type of "good ol'boy" you find down south that like to drink. Well, they had let the grass in their yard get about waist high, and finally the neighborhood got a petition stating that they had to mow it or be fined or even kicked out. This petition was started when they saw a baby deer running out of their yard. Now this is in the middle of a nice subdivision in the city mind you.

So, anyway, the two geniuses were outside getting ready to mow thier lawn with a push lawn mower. Well, they couldn't get it started, and my brother was watching their ingenuity first hand from his back yard.

One of them was trying to pull the cord to get it going, while the other was laying on the ground trying to spin the blade with his hand to help, "get it going" So, if the lawnmower had actually started up, the genius on the ground spinning the blade would have lost a hand.

Needless to say God was watching over those idiots that day, and they ended up moving out shortly after, but who knows how long thier luck has lasted now.

Submitted on 05/20/2008

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Eminence, KY 2000

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Bruce said:
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Now that's some serious stupidity! He probably has no idea how lucky he is that the lawn mower didn't start up. Thanks for sending this in.


Chip said:
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Did they get the yard mowed before they moved? I am having a hard time figuring out how dude #2 was spinning the blade unless the mower was tipped on its side. In that case he certainly could have lost more than his hand! Thanks for the story.


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