Mythbusters did a piece of this a couple of years ago. That piece was based
on what I think was the original myth (guy with bricks on roof), but it's
still fun to watch:
http://www.yourdiscovery.com/video/mythbusters-barrel-of-bricks/
73,
David, K2DBK
k2dbk.com
k2dbk.blogspot.com
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Larry stowell <lclarks@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> I heard the story back in the 70's at the Rochester, NY Hamfest. Old man
> Mosley was giving an
> antenna talk and told it with a wooden barrel being pulled up a tower to
> put all the pieces of
> antenna in for refurbishing the climber came down and let the rope loose
> and the barrel was heavier
> then him, he became tangled in the rope and up the tower he went , the
> barrel hitting the ground and
> the bottom came out with the antenna parts and down he came hitting the
> barrel on the way down.
>
> 73 Larry K1ZW
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:
> towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Alan
> NV8A
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 12:40 PM
> To: TowerTalk
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Incident Joke
>
> On 12/03/10 12:18 pm, jimlux wrote:
>
> >> A few years ago, someone (a ham) sent a story around, actually a joke
> >> someone put together having to do with a ham climbing a tower, the
> climber
> >> falling..only to meet the toolbag halfway down, etc.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I recall reading it and laughing aloud.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Not that falling from a tower is funny, mind you.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Does anyone recall what I'm talking about and perhaps have a copy of
> that
> >> story/joke?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > a variant on the old "barrel of bricks" story, no doubt?
>
> Gerard Hoffnung's version of it was played from time to time on BBC
> Radio WIWAL:
>
> http://www.bluegum.com/Humour/Assorted/bricks.html
>
> 73
>
> Alan NV8A
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