Lurid Work Stories"I know a railwayman of 40-odd years' service," says Juan Quar, "and he tells me a new gruesome yarn each time we meet. Last week's was of checking the time on the wristwatch of a severed arm he'd just collected after a track fatality."
Tell us the horrible stories you tease the new hires with, or that you've been told.
NB By definition, these are probably all made up. Roll with it
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chthonic, Thu 5 Sep 2013, 17:33)
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Welding flashMy welding instructor told us about a job he did in the Northern Territory back when safety standards on building sites were less rigorous.
Anyway it was really hot so he was wearing a mask and gloves, but below that, just a pair of shorts and some thongs. Hot as it was, he was also free balling and it all hung out as he squatted to weld steel laid out on the ground.
Weld flash is basically really bad sunburn. Just where he realised when he finally stood up.
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Our electrician (most careless man I have ever met, great trait in an electrician that) had scars on his arms and face where he'd drilled into a 3-phase main switch.
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. . nut roasting on an open fire . . .
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it may be worth explaining for non-aussiesthat thongs are flip-flops
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 9 Sep 2013, 13:48,
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Well clearly - commandos don't wear bum floss!
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When I show my balls it's the welding equipment that gets burned.(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 9 Sep 2013, 19:26,
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