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From: Sherry K  Shaw
Subject: My Sister Has Gone Viral
Date: 3 Jun 2015 21:35:40
Message: <556fab6c$1@news.povray.org>
So, anyway, her clothesline had been tightened many times over the years 
since it was hung.  Apparently, the loose end, which normally would have 
been coiled up and hanging against the tree, had dropped and was lying 
in the grass.

Then this happened:

http://imgur.com/ohGDXor

http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/389tft/my_mom_accidentally_mowed_over_the_clothes_line/

I'm very, very glad no one was killed or mutilated.

--Sherry Shaw

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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: My Sister Has Gone Viral
Date: 3 Jun 2015 23:36:13
Message: <556fc7ad@news.povray.org>
On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 20:35:58 -0500, Sherry K. Shaw wrote:

> So, anyway, her clothesline had been tightened many times over the years
> since it was hung.  Apparently, the loose end, which normally would have
> been coiled up and hanging against the tree, had dropped and was lying
> in the grass.
> 
> Then this happened:
> 
> http://imgur.com/ohGDXor
> 
> http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/389tft/
my_mom_accidentally_mowed_over_the_clothes_line/
> 
> I'm very, very glad no one was killed or mutilated.
> 
> --Sherry Shaw

Wow, very glad nobody was hurt.  That could have obviously been very bad 
indeed....

Jim



-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw


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From: Sherry K  Shaw
Subject: Re: My Sister Has Gone Viral
Date: 4 Jun 2015 01:00:05
Message: <556fdb55$1@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson wrote:
>
> Wow, very glad nobody was hurt.  That could have obviously been very bad
> indeed....
>

Indeed.  It could easily have turned very ugly.  It was only after the 
whole thing was over that it began to acquire a certain, well, hilarious 
quality.

Sadly, the lawn mower may never recover.  The tree's OK, though.

--Sherry Shaw

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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: My Sister Has Gone Viral
Date: 4 Jun 2015 01:40:43
Message: <556fe4db@news.povray.org>
On 04/06/2015 06:00, Sherry K. Shaw wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>
>> Wow, very glad nobody was hurt.  That could have obviously been very bad
>> indeed....
>>
>
> Indeed.  It could easily have turned very ugly.  It was only after the
> whole thing was over that it began to acquire a certain, well, hilarious
> quality.
>
> Sadly, the lawn mower may never recover.  The tree's OK, though.
>

But the rope. The Rope!
How is the washing line? :-)

It is a lesson in mechanics when these things get out of control.
Frightening, very very frightening.


-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: My Sister Has Gone Viral
Date: 4 Jun 2015 03:22:38
Message: <556ffcbe$1@news.povray.org>
On 4-6-2015 7:40, Stephen wrote:
> On 04/06/2015 06:00, Sherry K. Shaw wrote:
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>
>>> Wow, very glad nobody was hurt.  That could have obviously been very bad
>>> indeed....
>>>
>>
>> Indeed.  It could easily have turned very ugly.  It was only after the
>> whole thing was over that it began to acquire a certain, well, hilarious
>> quality.
>>
>> Sadly, the lawn mower may never recover.  The tree's OK, though.
>>
>
> But the rope. The Rope!
> How is the washing line? :-)

Had to be amputated obviously ;-)

>
> It is a lesson in mechanics when these things get out of control.
> Frightening, very very frightening.
>

Absolutely!


-- 
Thomas


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From: Paul Fuller
Subject: Re: My Sister Has Gone Viral
Date: 4 Jun 2015 08:32:25
Message: <55704555.6050206@optusnet.com.au>
On 4/06/2015 5:22 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 4-6-2015 7:40, Stephen wrote:
>> On 04/06/2015 06:00, Sherry K. Shaw wrote:
>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Wow, very glad nobody was hurt.  That could have obviously been very
>>>> bad
>>>> indeed....
>>>>
>>>
>>> Indeed.  It could easily have turned very ugly.  It was only after the
>>> whole thing was over that it began to acquire a certain, well, hilarious
>>> quality.
>>>
>>> Sadly, the lawn mower may never recover.  The tree's OK, though.
>>>
>>
>> But the rope. The Rope!
>> How is the washing line? :-)
>
> Had to be amputated obviously ;-)
>
>>
>> It is a lesson in mechanics when these things get out of control.
>> Frightening, very very frightening.
>>
>
> Absolutely!
>
>

I don't know the statistics but lawn mowers are just slightly less 
frightening than chain saws while also being a whole lot more common and 
more often used.  Probably the highest total frequency of injury * 
severity of injury of any non-weapon device in human history.

Well except cars of course.


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: My Sister Has Gone Viral
Date: 5 Jun 2015 01:15:20
Message: <55713068@news.povray.org>
On Thu, 04 Jun 2015 00:00:26 -0500, Sherry K. Shaw wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>
>> Wow, very glad nobody was hurt.  That could have obviously been very
>> bad indeed....
>>
>>
> Indeed.  It could easily have turned very ugly.  It was only after the
> whole thing was over that it began to acquire a certain, well, hilarious
> quality.
> 
> Sadly, the lawn mower may never recover.  The tree's OK, though.

LOL

Probably best the lawn mower doesn't recover, it's had quite the 
adventure.

Jim



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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: My Sister Has Gone Viral
Date: 5 Jun 2015 18:01:12
Message: <55721c28$1@news.povray.org>
Am 05.06.2015 um 07:15 schrieb Jim Henderson:

>> Sadly, the lawn mower may never recover.  The tree's OK, though.
>
> LOL
>
> Probably best the lawn mower doesn't recover, it's had quite the
> adventure.

You don't need to be a shrink to know that it was suicidal to begin 
with. After all, it grabbed a rope and proceeded to dangle from a tree, 
didn't it?


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From: Sherry K  Shaw
Subject: Re: My Sister Has Gone Viral
Date: 5 Jun 2015 23:05:58
Message: <55726396$1@news.povray.org>
clipka wrote:

>
> You don't need to be a shrink to know that it was suicidal to begin
> with. After all, it grabbed a rope and proceeded to dangle from a tree,
> didn't it?
>

That would explain a lot.

--Sherry Shaw

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From: Sherry K  Shaw
Subject: Re: My Sister Has Gone Viral
Date: 5 Jun 2015 23:13:43
Message: <55726567$1@news.povray.org>
Stephen wrote:
>
> But the rope. The Rope!
> How is the washing line? :-)
>

The clothesline has survived, shorter but wiser.  The lawnmower, alas, 
is still in hospital.  After several transplants, it is still reluctant 
to breathe on its own.

The surgeon has, at least, provided a loaner so my sister and her 
significant other can finish mowing the lawn, before it takes over and 
invades the house (since the Missouri April Monsoon has persisted into 
June and shows no sign of abating; everything's very, very green, if a 
bit stunted for lack of sun--except for the grass, which is becoming 
decidedly belligerent).

--Sherry Shaw

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