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Abbott And Costello Amos And Andy An Evening With Groucho Andrew Sisters Andy Griffith Archie Andrews Bill Cosby Bing Crosby Blondie And Dagwood Bob Hope Burns And Allen Command Performance Father Knows Best Jack Benny Jimmy Durante Mail Call Milton Berle Red Skelton The Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Show The Jack Paar Show Voice Of The Army
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Adventures By Morse Boston Blackie Calling All Cars Charlie Chan Dick Tracy Dragnet Hercule Poirot Let George Do It Nero Wolfe Nick Carter Master Detective Perry Mason Philip Marlowe Police Headquarters Sam Spade Secrets Of Scotland Yard Sherlock Holmes Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes Smurfmeat That Hammer Guy The Falcon
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Academy Award Theater Authors Playhouse Buck Rogers Campbell Playhouse Cavalcade Of America Encore Theater Family Theater Father Coughlin Ford Theatre Of The Air Hancocks Half Hour Horatio Hornblower Humphrey Bogart Magic Island Mercury Theater- Orson Welles On The Air2 N B C University Theatre Paul Harvey The Rest Of The Story Philco Radio Time Radio City Playhouse Readers Digest Tarzan The Shadow Of Fu Man Chu Words At War
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A F R S Armed Forced Vietnam Mr. President Soldiers Of The Press Voices History Winston Churchill World War I I Broadcasts You Are There news01
The following great mystery programs:
Black Museum Cloak And Dagger Counterspy Dangerous Assignment Ellery Queen Incredible But True Molle Mystery Theatre Mr. And Mrs. North Murder At Midnight Ripley's Believe It Or Not Secret Agent K7 Spy Catcher The Saint Vincent Price The Shadow The Whistler This Is Your F B I Top Secret True Detective Mysteries
Daily episodes of the outstanding western programs:
Cisco Kid Fort Laramie Gene Autry Gunsmoke Have Gun Will Travel Hopalong Cassidy Roy Rogers Smiley Burnette Tales Of The Texas Rangers The Lone Ranger The Tom Mix Ralston Straightshooters Wild Bill Hickock
AUSTRALIAN BRICKLAYER'S ACCIDENT REPORT
Possibly the funniest story in a long while. This is a bricklayer's accident report, which was printed in the newsletter of the Australian equivalent of our Workers' Compensation board.
Dear Sir,
I am writing in response to your request for additional information in Block 3 of the accident report form. I put 'poor planning' as the cause of my accident..
You asked for a fuller explanation, and I trust the following details will be sufficient:
I am a bricklayer by trade. On the day of the accident, I was working alone on the roof of a new six-story building. When I completed my work, I found that I had some bricks left over which, when weighed later were found to be slightly in excess of 500 lbs. Rather than carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using a pulley, which was attached to the side of the building on the sixth floor.
Securing the rope at ground I went up to the roof, swung the barrel out and loaded the bricks into it. Then I went down and untied the rope, holding it tightly to ensure a slow descent of the bricks. You will note in Block 11 of the accident report form that I weigh 135 lbs. Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I proceeded at a rapid rate up the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel, which was now proceeding downward at an equally impressive speed.
This explained the fractured skull, minor abrasions and the broken collar bone, as listed in section 3 of the accident report form. Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the fingers of my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley.
Fortunately by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold tightly to the rope, in spite of beginning to experience pain. At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Now devoid of the weight of the bricks, that barrel weighed approximately 50 lbs. I refer you again to my weight.
As you can imagine, I began a rapid descent, down the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming up. This accounts for the two fractured ankles, broken tooth and several lacerations of my legs and lower body.
Here my luck began to change slightly. The encounter with the barrel seemed to slow me enough to lessen my injuries when I fell into the pile of bricks and fortunately only three vertebrae were cracked.
I am sorry to report, however, as I lay there on the pile of bricks, in pain, unable to move, I again lost my composure and presence of mind and let go of the rope and I lay there watching the empty barrel begin its journey back down onto me. This explains the two broken legs. I hope this answers your inquiry.
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. -Mark Twain