German chainsaws house in divorce split, carries his half away on a forklift

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | March 9, 2007 - 10:19PM

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A 43-year-old German decided to settle his imminent divorce by chainsawing a family home in two and making off with his half in a forklift truck.

Police in the eastern town of Sonneberg said on Friday the trained mason measured the single-storey summer house - which was some eight metres long and six metres wide - before chainsawing through the wooden roof and walls.

"The man said he was just taking his due," said a police spokesman. "But I don't think his wife was too pleased."

After finishing the job, the man picked up his half with the forklift truck and drove to his brother's house where he has since been staying.

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[atomicpossum]

A house, divided.

[domenad]

Last real man in Germany.

[kinoxi]

It's not right but it make's me smile...:)

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I bet that was very cathartic.

[HitmanLV]

Gives the woman way too much credit.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Hope the family dog has a good hiding place.

[germanicus]

Nice move. Now she owns half the house AND the lot.

[Centurion2000]

This is a 460 sq foot house ..... WTF?

That's a shack.

[thebaron512]

Wonder if he cut the stuff inside? No pictures? lazy bums.

[Constitution Day]

What a badass! My hero.

[Joe 6-pack]

How long before the German government bans chainsaw ownership?

[adorno]

A house, divided.

But, the man doesn't know how to divide.

When a house is divided equally between former partners/spouses, equally means the house and contents.

He should've divided the bathroom in half, the bedroom in half, the kitchen in hald, the living-room in half, etc. Although from the sound of it, the house wasn't big enough to have all of those rooms.

[adorno]

Hope the family dog has a good hiding place.

The dog too, was divided in half.

[NonValueAdded]

His name wouldn't happen to be Solomon by any chance, would it?

[edcoil]

"This is a 460 sq foot house"

So small you have to go outside to change your mind.

[1rudeboy]

Some European summer houses are essentially free-standing studio apartments. Some are pretty cool in the way they are laid out.

[edpc]

Police in the eastern town of Sonneberg said on Friday the trained mason measured the single-storey summer house - which was some eight metres long and six metres wide - before chainsawing through the wooden roof and walls.

Measure twice, cut once.....

[Emmett McCarthy]

Chainsaws do less damage than the courts in most cases. And cost a lot less.

[RubyCosmos]

As they say on Fark, 'This post is nothing without photos.'