Only in Oklahoma……
About Carol MaiettaA healthcare executive (HR and Nursing) who relocated to Alabama from South Florida 6 years ago. I have an open-minded approach to life combined with the ability to find humor in the ridiculous (including myself).
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…can a man nail himself to a roof!
Now, I am not saying that people in Oklahoma are dumber than the average American, but if this incident is any indication of IQ, the state is in big trouble.
Yesterday, a poor fool accidentally shot a very long nail through his foot and connected himself to the roof he was working on. I guess he had a phone in his pocket, which was a smart thing for such a clumsy guy to do.
Here is my version of the 911 call:
911: “Is this a real emergency?”
Poor Fool: “Yes”
911: “Are you in distress?”
Poor Fool: “My boot is stuck.”
911: “Your boot is stuck to what?”
Poor Fool: “A roof”
911: “How did your boot get stuck to a roof?”
Poor Fool: “I nailed it to the roof”
911: “Is your foot still in the boot?”
Poor Fool: “Yes…I put the nail through my foot which was in the boot
which was on the roof!”
911: “OK…so you cannot take your foot out of the boot?”
Poor Fool: “Uh…NOOOOOOO!”
911: “We’ll send some firemen there as soon as they finish cooking
lunch, washing the dishes, and doing a few reps with weights.”
So, Poor Fool waited and waited. Once they arrived, they cut his foot from the board and the news stations reported he hobbled into the ambulance with part of the board still attached to his foot.”
Ambulance to Hospital: “We are transporting a poor fool to you with a board attached to his foot…we’ll let you ask him HOW this happened. Diagnosis: Boot plus nail gun equals man nailed to roof!”
Real news is more entertaining than fiction! Poor Fool!
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Rachael
March 22, 2013 at 9:11 am
My family is from Oklahoma, and with some exceptions, they’re pretty nuts over there. Funny read.
Carol Maietta views
March 22, 2013 at 7:45 pm
Thanks, Rachael…we’re probably more nuts here in Alabama. In fact, this incident could have easily happened here.
Mrs Bev
March 22, 2013 at 10:27 am
Wow is this story for real and what city did it come from? I live in OK (not from here but work at a great company) and i do meet a lot of, let’s say, not so educated or very closed minded people, but this one stuns me. Also, I’d like to vouch for the rest of us Oklahomans that there is intelligent life in the state… Unfortunately, we are currently the minority, but we have hope that eventually, one day, we will change colors here from red to blue. And that the educated people will stop leaving the state for cooler, more progressive places like Denver.
Carol Maietta views
March 22, 2013 at 7:47 pm
Oklahoma City…it happened on March 21st. It was all over the news here in Alabama.
Jess
March 24, 2013 at 4:46 pm
Like the moron in CA, who thought deer crossing signs should be moved, because the deer were not paying attention to where they should be crossing. Oh I am not that up at all, it really did happen and it is on you tube for everyone to know even in CA we have nimrods walking among us. I sometimes wonder how people like this remember to inhale and exhale to keep living.
Carol Maietta views
March 24, 2013 at 9:36 pm
So what did he do? Turn the signs toward the woods so they could read them instead of the drivers?
Jess
March 24, 2013 at 10:11 pm
Oh it was one of us, a woman, that was this stupid. I know, I know, we aren’t all as stupid and when it happens it is some epic stupidity. Nope, signs have been left alone.
Jim Moore
March 22, 2013 at 11:47 am
OK, so a “carpenter” is alone on the roof with no hammer…the tool with which he could remove the nail. And…
Well, there is no “and.”
Carol Maietta views
March 22, 2013 at 7:48 pm
That’s exactly what I was thinking…no hammer?
Bill Formby
March 22, 2013 at 2:36 pm
lol. I was in Tulsa once. Yep. Think I saw that guy trying to glue a plate glass window back together.
Carol Maietta views
March 22, 2013 at 7:50 pm
I have never been to Oklahoma…hey, isn’t that a song title too? Bill, we don’t have to look far in this state to see similar antics.
Bill Formby
March 23, 2013 at 11:10 am
Yep, the song is “Tulsa Time” by Don Williams. Nah, stuff like that happens so frequently here that it isn’t considered news.
Norman Rampart
March 23, 2013 at 5:44 pm
My world is at peace. Homer Simpson – the GREATEST American in history – is alive and well and in Oklahoma.
DOH!!
Rather worryingly perhaps – my daughter often calls me ‘Homer’
Carol Maietta views
March 23, 2013 at 8:11 pm
Norman, in that case….DO NOT STAND ON A ROOF WITH A NAIL GUN IN YOUR HAND. If you do, make sure you have a claw hammer with you.