Re: Why didn't you tell me about this before?

Wayne Throop wrote:
>> Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> And makes no mention of not doing so in lowering them.  It's an
>> obvious flaw in the joke.  It would be more plausible if some 
>> mention
>> were made of why it's different going down.
>
> The joke as I remember it, and as I google it on urban legend sites,
> goes
>
>   1) secure rope at ground level with empty barrel at top
>   2) fill barrel with 300 lbs of leftover materials to return to
>   ground 3) unhook rope to lower
>   4) get lifted, smacking into barrel, then pulley
>   5) barrel hits ground, breaks, spills load
>   6) falls, hitting barrel halfway down
>   7) hits ground, lets go of rope
>   8) barrel falls and hits him.

And ends with "I respectfully request sick leave".  Without that, it's 
a pale imitation of the real thing.