I'd rather just get a job at the 7-11...

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"VIENNA - An unemployed Austrian man sawed his foot off, apparently to avoid being found fit to go back to work. Hours before an appointment on Monday for the labour office to check on his health, the 56-year-old man held his left leg against an electric saw in his home workshop and severed his foot just above the ankle, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported. Bleeding profusely, the man from the province of Styria then threw the foot into an oven, hobbled to his garage and called an ambulance. An emergency operation was unable to reattach the foot, ORF said. "

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2012/03/27/19556401.html

3/29/2012 9:17:04 AM

mmm baked foot

3/29/2012 9:17:39 AM

read this on here yesterday somewhere

Found it. It was in the News of the Day thread

[Edited on March 29, 2012 at 9:28 AM. Reason : found it]

3/29/2012 9:22:21 AM

Fuck that. I would've gone below the ankle

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3/29/2012 9:23:05 AM

Austrians be crazy

3/29/2012 9:27:00 AM

He should have just thrown another shrimp on the barbie.

3/29/2012 9:28:21 AM

well, i'm guessing he succeeded in his goal, at least...

3/29/2012 9:31:27 AM

I don't blame him. I heard that taxes are so high in Austria you have to pay an arm and a leg.

3/29/2012 9:35:23 AM

Quote :

"Fuck that. I would've gone below the ankle "

I would have just gone the fuck back to work.

3/29/2012 9:39:53 AM

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"He should have just thrown another shrimp on the barbie."

ahaha

3/29/2012 9:42:01 AM

3/29/2012 9:42:40 AM

i'm not gonna lie

early in the morning, when the alarm is going off, i too have contemplated severing an appendage so i can sleep in an extra hour or two

3/29/2012 9:47:59 AM

I'd hate to walk a mile in his shoes.

[Edited on March 29, 2012 at 9:58 AM. Reason : V lol]

3/29/2012 9:50:20 AM

I'd hate to walk a mile in his shoe.






FTFY

[Edited on March 29, 2012 at 9:53 AM. Reason : .]

3/29/2012 9:52:18 AM

This seems like one of things that might occur to you but then immediately be replaced by other, less traumatic ideas. "I should cut my foot off! No wait, I should fake a debilitating conditions like chronic fatigue or depression."

3/29/2012 10:03:01 AM

maybe his foot offended him

3/29/2012 10:03:44 AM

Good thing the ambulance got there in time. He probably would have died of blood loss. I guess you could say he had one foot in the grave.

3/29/2012 10:06:15 AM

FUCK YEAH NO WORK TODAY WOO

3/29/2012 10:10:02 AM

A man puts his best foot forward and all y'all can do is make jokes.

[Edited on March 29, 2012 at 10:12 AM. Reason : s]

3/29/2012 10:12:29 AM

Foot saws off man to avoid work

3/29/2012 12:25:40 PM

I'm surprised he was brave enough to actually cut it off. Most people would get cold feet at the last second and back out.

3/29/2012 12:27:45 PM

Well dang.

3/29/2012 12:30:13 PM

^ my reaction as well

3/29/2012 12:34:17 PM

^^^now he's got a cold foot

3/29/2012 7:56:39 PM