660-Pound Man Hoisted to Hospital by Crane

Reuters ^ | 3/14/3

[Carpet Kitten]

Firemen in Germany had to use a 38.5-toncrane to hoist a German man weighing 660 pounds out of his apartment and take him to hospital, the fire brigade in the northern city of Hamburg said on Monday.

"Because the man was so heavy, we couldn't carry him on one of the normal stretchers, so we had to use the crane," said Hamburg fire brigade spokesman John Ralfs.

Ten firemen were needed to lift the 63-year-old man onto a hospital bed placed inside a large industrial container, which the crane had hoisted level with his first-floor balcony.

The crane then lowered the container to the ground and the man was wheeled off it, jacked into an ambulance van and taken to hospital.

[Digger]

A cheap bunker-busting bomb - and a cheap joke.

[TexasCajun]

...have you seen the new oreos?

Vanilla wafers with Chocolate in the middle?

Diversity don't ya know!

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

You took the words right oughtta my mouth.

[thoughtomator]

To tell you the truth I was too grossed out to want to look at her... and I couldn't see much of the chair itself since her rolls of fat were literally drooping over the sides.

[GSWarrior]

We shouldn't be having fun at this man's expanse....I mean expense.

[Mr. Bird]

That made me laugh out load...loud.

[Carpet Kitten]

What is it with you WOD nuts that you find a way to relate any issue to your obsession with getting pot legalized. For the record: I have smoked pot from time to time. If I ever got busted, I would most likely change my ways, but the risk to first-time offenders is something I'm willing to deal with.

[Carpet Kitten]

Try private mail (to which I may or may not respond). I think drug threads are pointless. I think people who hijack threads are worse.