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Ken Burch

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22. I'm now going to leave this thread

Reply to Grassy Knoll (Reply #19)

Tue Mar 27, 2012, 10:26 PM

Mar 2012

before we end up re-enacting the "One-Legged Man auditions for the role of Tarzan" sketch from BEYOND THE FRINGE.

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Man cuts off foot, throws it in furnace to avoid job assignment [View all] IDemo Mar 2012 OP

seems a little extreme........ dhill926 Mar 2012 #1

You think? Earth_First Mar 2012 #3

Just a tad. Drunken Irishman Mar 2012 #18

I was wondering what had happened to Maynard G. Krebs. rug Mar 2012 #2

Dated yourself with that one.. IDemo Mar 2012 #4

So did you. rug Mar 2012 #20

Me too but I saw Dobie Gillis when it was rerun during the late 80's. eom Ecumenist Mar 2012 #35

Oh yeah, well I just saw it on Hulu last week. rug Mar 2012 #46

gilligan? Pharaoh Mar 2012 #28

. rug Mar 2012 #31

I wonder who will foot the bill for this n/t lordsummerisle Mar 2012 #5

Haha! Lucky Luciano Mar 2012 #9

I'm sure we can kick that around for a while... mindwalker_i Mar 2012 #17

oh boy harun Mar 2012 #11

Omg MissB Mar 2012 #12

Got to make the DUzy's, lol. n/t Grassy Knoll Mar 2012 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author rocktivity Mar 2012 #24

And he might get hit with a lawsuit rocktivity Mar 2012 #26

I'd hate to think what job it was they wanted him to do. Ken Burch Mar 2012 #6

According to Fox news, He Was A Shoe Model. N/t Grassy Knoll Mar 2012 #19

I'm now going to leave this thread Ken Burch Mar 2012 #22

Shoe salesman longship Mar 2012 #36

The poor man is of course mentally ill. 1620rock Mar 2012 #7

I'm not finding this story in German, though I find many versions in English -- which struggle4progress Mar 2012 #8

I don't read German, but here's one source IDemo Mar 2012 #13

Here you go Alcibiades Mar 2012 #33

"...Url was transferred to the psychiatric ward..." unkachuck Mar 2012 #10

I don't know enough about amputations to really say for certain, kentauros Mar 2012 #38

(Maxwell Smart voice) The old foot in the incinerator trick! chrisa Mar 2012 #14

DUzy candidate! rocktivity Mar 2012 #29

DUZY ACCOMPLISHED!!! rocktivity Apr 2012 #49

Mental Illness is a Tragedy, Not a Comedy Demeter Mar 2012 #16

A whole foot? Wow! jberryhill Mar 2012 #21

I know! One would think a toe would have been enough. Javaman Mar 2012 #43

They must have wanted him to work at Wal-Mart. razorman Mar 2012 #23

DOUBLE DUzy Candidate! rocktivity Mar 2012 #25

Or Newscorp rocktivity Mar 2012 #27

DUZY ACCOMPLISHED!!! rocktivity Apr 2012 #50

Mentally ill slackmaster Mar 2012 #30

yes and that his family is helped also. lunasun Mar 2012 #32

Is it possible he's just REALLY lazy? snooper2 Mar 2012 #45

Damn guitar man Mar 2012 #34

He was just converting to the metric system. kentauros Mar 2012 #37

Damn. Another ripoff of "Burning Man". Kennah Mar 2012 #39

He's all right now Kennah Mar 2012 #40

He won't have to worry about having two left feet kentauros Mar 2012 #41

Poor man never got the credit he deserved for inventing the inverted firkin. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2012 #42

now bluedave Mar 2012 #44

He'll never get his foot in the door that way. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #47

I read a news story in high school about a guy that whacked his foot off... HotRodTuna Mar 2012 #48

I bet he is hopping mad... Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2012 #51