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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 07:54 AM
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Firefighters Rescue 661 Pound Corpse From Apartment
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German undertakers struggling to carry a 661-pound corpse from a third floor Hamburg apartment called in the fire brigade for help -- but they couldn't handle the job either and ordered an industrial crane.

"It took six men and several hours to complete the task," said Gerhard Bramfeld, spokesman for the Hamburg fire services. "Its not your everyday 'put out the fire' case."

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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 07:56 AM
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1. That's what "catastrophic failure" means to me...
"rescuing" a corpse....
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 07:56 AM
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2. How, exactly...
...does one "rescue" a corpse? :shrug:
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 07:57 AM
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3. And Good Morning to you, Matcom
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 07:57 AM
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4. Oh, I assumed the apartment was burning, and drew my
own conclusions as to ~why~ they were rescuing such a fine specimen.
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Hoosier Democrat Donating Member (386 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 08:16 AM
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5. Didn't know Candy Crowley was in Germany
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