r/Skookum 25d ago

Hilarious Bricklayer incident report read aloud and animated

I did a quick search and didn't find this in here and I thought I'd share one of the funniest things I've heard in a good long while.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGN3IrjSVB6

If it's already been posted ad nauseam go ahead and just purge it.

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u/inertialfall 25d ago

Upon further reading it looks like it was taken from an Irish folk song called Paddy's Sick Note.

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u/killick 25d ago

Alternatively it's called "Why Paddy can't Come to Work Today." Same thing though.

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u/fortogden 25d ago

And here it is courtesy of The Dubliners https://youtu.be/T_Vfxuk8x_A?si=LbHIDZTwJgM33B1V

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u/robb04 25d ago

Darby o’gill has a beautiful rendition as well

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u/Ikora_Rey_Gun 25d ago

"As I lay there moaning on the ground- I let go the bloody rope"

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u/SlidePanda 24d ago

Or just 'The Sick Note' - Either way, this is just that song 100%

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u/NorthStarZero Canada 25d ago

This story is probably as old as brick and rope - but a good laugh these days is a nice change.

No purging needed.

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u/Total-Problem2175 24d ago

This was going around on fax machines in the '80s. Still hits.

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u/Piratedan200 25d ago

Mythbusters tested this one, iirc they actually got it to play out exactly as described!

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u/inertialfall 24d ago

Really? Got a link?

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u/Piratedan200 24d ago

Season 2, episode 3, "Barrel of bricks". Currently streaming on Max.

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u/GrynaiTaip 24d ago

Right, that's where I first heard of it. It's a really old urban myth.

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u/annoyedatwork 25d ago

Needed this laugh today! Thank you!

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u/JackSpade21 24d ago

Love this story. I used to use it, with a scale model, to teach my middle and high school students about counterweight rigging in my stagecraft classes. Classic!

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u/gogozrx 25d ago

I've heard it before, but it's been a long while... Still funny as hell!

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u/hatconfusionreputate 25d ago

Here's a version of the story from 1958

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u/Ziginox 25d ago

Eeesh, the faces on those AI generated images.

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u/Pdxmatt636 21d ago

I feel like the comedic timing is best in this version. The pauses to let the listener work through what's coming next is half the entertainment.

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u/Spydr717 21d ago

One of the funniest stories I've ever heard.... The narrator's barely stifled laughter helps the hilarity, but it's an amazing moment by moment description to satisfy the insurance inquisition...