[Found here. Sequential images after the break.]
[Update: Two commenters below pointed out that this may have been intentional, and not an Ignosecond. If anyone can find the original source for the story, leave a comment and we'll post the linky. The link originally posted is dead.]
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Tags: cutting, fail, idiot, moron, Moronic White People, Poor Planning, Stupid, tree, tree trimming, WTF were you thinking?
Sunday, 4 October 2009 at 2:00 AM
hWoore
embarrassed schuffling from left talon to right … and back to left
Ex America semper aliquid novi
[always something odd from America]
BUT there may be upsides
—- after polite & suitable pausing for drying, that tree would warm an Eagle’s Eyrie even through a Colorado-Mountain Winter
AND could the Film be sold for Advertising House Insurance
Sunday, 4 October 2009 at 7:11 AM
That guy knows lumberjack shiiiittttt.
Sunday, 4 October 2009 at 10:02 AM
My first question is why cut down this big nice tree? Although it did look like it may have been dying… Secondly, was this guy planning on tearing down his house to rebuild anyway? Yeah I doubt that.. MY goodness, get a prof. tree guy that knows what he doin’!!! And he has a “sorta” smile in the last pic, so I take it nobody was killed.
Sunday, 4 October 2009 at 11:17 PM
Massa Eagle– Your shuffling always amuses me. Yeah, we have our mutants, as does the UK. Percentage-wise it’s prolly about the same, but we still have more in numbers.
plane– He’s okay.
Dan Jo– Bozo got a chainsaw for his birthday and just HAD to use it on something. If it weren’t for the tree, he’d have found the porch.
Tuesday, 6 October 2009 at 11:18 AM
Free demolition services?
“Dear Insurance Company,
a tree fell on my house. See photo enclosed. Please send check for a million immediately. House full of antiques.
Sincerely,
Don’t Know How It Happened”
Tuesday, 6 October 2009 at 6:28 PM
thelit– It was an act of nature, physics and gravity combined. The chainsaw is innocent and just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. As for Doug, well, he’s just a chucklehead.
Wednesday, 7 October 2009 at 1:38 PM
It’s a little late now, but perhaps he could’ve benefited from some time reading up on old Mr. Murphy.
Wednesday, 7 October 2009 at 5:36 PM
mak– Mr. Murphy, meet Mr. Stoopid.
Wednesday, 7 October 2009 at 5:51 PM
Ya know, it occurs to me that Mr. Murphy was laying down on the job here. Shouldn’t the “natural order” require that the tree fall on the idiot himself, regardless of where he stands? But then again, maybe this was just Nature’s way of reclaiming some turf.
Thursday, 8 October 2009 at 5:33 PM
mak– It’s chaos theory in action, with a little help from Mr. Husqvarna.
Saturday, 10 October 2009 at 9:13 PM
Chainsaws don’t kill trees, people do. So you should have to have a license to get a new person.
Saturday, 10 October 2009 at 11:43 PM
rain– Unlicensed bark beetles kill trees, too. So do meerkats.
Sunday, 11 October 2009 at 12:59 PM
UND Meerkats kill Fairies !!!
UND Vot would Herr Leibniz say :
Zees ist Vot happens Ven you introduce so many Monads into zee tree-felling population von Amerika
Sunday, 11 October 2009 at 8:53 PM
Schneiden Sie einen Baum und stellen für Sie Anzünden Nachbarn. Schrauben Sie die Erdmännchen.
Sunday, 11 October 2009 at 8:55 PM
I bet GoogleTranslate really screwed with that one.
Wednesday, 14 October 2009 at 4:48 PM
Erdmännchen töten Bäume, und so groß? Erdmännchen sind die kleinen Jungs, die hohen Stand, während ihre Arme lagen auf der Strecke?
Wednesday, 14 October 2009 at 7:18 PM
Exkremente in den Schädel hilft nicht.
Sunday, 18 October 2009 at 1:23 AM
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Sunday, 18 October 2009 at 5:00 AM
This is planned. Note that, had the tree fallen away from the house, it probably would have landed on the truck (pic 2 & esp. 3). OKay, maybe not, but still truck is parked FAR too close to the opposite direction that the tree actually fell.
However, look at the size of the wedge cut out of the house-side of the tree. It’s huge and goes just about to the center (pics 3, 4 & 5). That tree landed very precisely where it was intended. Actually an excellent cut. I’d hire that guy any day of the week to drop a tree exactly where he says he could drop it.
Sunday, 18 October 2009 at 6:09 AM
Too bad the tree hit that poor house and missed these 2 idiots LOL
Sunday, 18 October 2009 at 9:33 AM
Please note that their truck was parked in the street the whole time. I think they were intending to drop this on the house. The alternative was to drop it on their truck. Hmmmm.
Sunday, 18 October 2009 at 10:53 AM
I’ve never cut a tree down in my life and I wouldn’t consider doing it that way! What the heck were they thinking? Start at the top, trim the side branches and cut sections off the top on your way down. Use guide wires/ropes to pull the top pieces in the direction you need.
Sunday, 18 October 2009 at 12:49 PM
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Sunday, 18 October 2009 at 1:51 PM
datora & Observer– You may be right. Lemme know if you find the original source for the photos/story and we’ll update the post.
roppolo– Careful. Your karma just dipped a few points. ;)
Sunday, 18 October 2009 at 3:01 PM
Andrew– My tree felling days were few, but that is how you do it if you’ve got the room to drop it… even if it’s on a few rooms.