In message , Mike Yetsko
writes
I don't know who's more stupid. The 'alleged' guy who wrote this BS
by modifying a story that's been floating around as an insurance claim
letter from the 60's, or the people who actually believe it.

The only intelligent guy in the whole mess is the unknown comedian
from probably the 50's that started the whole thing as the 'farm accident'.

It started life as part of a speech given by Gerard Hoffnung to the
Oxford Union (a debating society) in 1958. It was recorded by the BBC
and is available on a CD. In the original the unfortunate man is a
bricklayer explaining to his boss why he is absent from work.

Mike
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M.J.Powell