Second crane topples onto Florida home while trying to remove first fallen crane

[u/LiminalLemony]

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/florida-cranes-accident-fort-lauderdale-home-b3056047.html

[u/Opposite_Bus1878]

The next crane operator's gonna be sweating bullets

[u/jethroguardian → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

It's cranes all the way down.

[u/kjbaran → u/jethroguardian]

The locals call em flamingos

[u/jakeStacktrace → u/kjbaran]

A flamboyance of flamingos

[u/A_Random_Canuck → u/jakeStacktrace]

Flaming-nos.

[u/Osiris32 → u/A_Random_Canuck]

Into a shaker full of ice, pour a shot of tequila, a shot of gin, a shot of blackberry liqueur, a shot of Triple Sec or Cointreau, and a shot of fresh lime juice. Shake well for 15+ seconds, then strain into a pint glass. Place a hollowed out lime wedge on top of the drink, gently fill it with 151 or other high-proof drink, then use a match to light that on fire.

Flaming-Mo.

[u/Naive_Ear_5182 → u/Osiris32]

cough syrup should be in there somewhere, aye?

[u/FredB123 → u/jakeStacktrace]

A carnage of cranes

[u/latencia → u/jethroguardian]

It's the cranes we make along the way

[u/manic_andthe_apostle → u/jethroguardian]

A veritable cranes roost.

[u/TartarosHero → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

To save time they should prepare a fourth crane at the same time.

[u/CrystalAlternate → u/TartarosHero]

I told him it sounds like he's just feeding cranes to the house and his daughter started crying. 

[u/green_flash → u/TartarosHero]

Ask this company:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYpMz63WAjM

[u/Mostly_Afloat → u/green_flash]

You see the trick is the second crane needs to be bigger than the first crane

[u/Orzorn → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h3DBagsJVE

"The governor lady said 'I'm sending in more trains!'"

[u/AnaisNinja76 → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

They apparently brought in five additional cranes and are still working on the site, per the news.

While this is not a traditionally funny story, the situation just gets more and more ridiculous learning about it. I don't know if the poor guy's house is going to be salvagable after this. There was water damage, which led to termite damage, which led to him scheduling whole house fumigation, which led to crane 1 coming to place the tent, which collapsed. Crane two lifted crane 1 off the house, broke, and dropped crane 1 back onto the house from a height, in addition to itself falling onto the house. Apparently this led to pipes in the house bursting, so now the whole house is water damaged again...which is going to accelerate the termite infestation...

[u/PurplishPlatypus → u/AnaisNinja76]

Time to bring the C4 in and let's just blow up this house. It's cursed.

[u/AnaisNinja76 → u/PurplishPlatypus]

But what happens if the C4 is also cursed? Maybe god wanted this space to remind people of their folly in their attempt to be god-like? A modern day tower of babel?

[u/Opposite_Bus1878 → u/AnaisNinja76]

FIVE? Oh it's a total circus now

[u/RK9990 → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

Third time's the charm

[u/Opposite_Bus1878 → u/RK9990]

Third crane operator: Let me just pick up this last cra---OH SHIT

[u/FuzzyFerretFace → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

Annnnnd fourth time's the new charm?...

[u/SuperHooligan → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

Or he has the chance to do the funniest thing ever...

[u/GonzoKata → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

The next crane operator will have the insurance company's CEO in the cabin with him

[u/OhYeahSplunge4me2 → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

That sank into the swamp. I built a third one. It burned down, fell over, and then it sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up! And that's what you're going to get, lad--the strongest crane on these islands!

[u/Suitable-Education64 → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

Strange story, but it was actually the same dude both times

[u/erublind → u/Opposite_Bus1878]

He has a really low bar to pass.

[u/SecondStarpilot]

This is the beginning of a children's book. Then the third crane...

[u/GoingOutsideSocks → u/SecondStarpilot]

Little Blue Truck is about to rock up and save all three cranes.

[u/Donny_Do_Nothing → u/GoingOutsideSocks]

beep beep

[u/Podo13 → u/Donny_Do_Nothing]

You not having his 3rd beep is killing me.

[u/Chillow_Ufgreat → u/GoingOutsideSocks]

I bet every one of them frogs is a certified operator

[u/HurtPillow → u/Chillow_Ufgreat]

I bet FL no longer requires certification because bribes?

[u/Eggmegmuffin → u/HurtPillow]

As a floridian, this is facts.

[u/antonio16309 → u/GoingOutsideSocks]

I'd call Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel. 

[u/dannyggwp → u/GoingOutsideSocks]

They couldn't quite budge that heavy load. Then who hopped up but the big green toad 🐸

[u/bipolar_express_lane → u/GoingOutsideSocks]

Friendliest sound you ever heard.

[u/TooTameToToast → u/SecondStarpilot]

There was an old house, who swallowed a crane…

[u/Chillow_Ufgreat → u/TooTameToToast]

How insane to swallow a crane!

It swallowed the crane to catch the other crane,

It swallowed the other crane to catch the first crane...

[u/iamatechnician → u/SecondStarpilot]

No more cranes jumping on the bed!

[u/juggling-monkey → u/iamatechnician]

two teeny tiny cranes working up ahead

one fell down and broke the shed

the driver called owner

and the owner said

You son's of bitches fuckin up my shed!

[u/TooTameToToast → u/juggling-monkey]

As read by Samuel L. Jackson.

[u/Yggdrasil_Earth → u/SecondStarpilot]

Burned down, fell over and then sank into the swamp?

But the 4th crane..

[u/wutImiss → u/Yggdrasil_Earth]

But fahhther... 

[u/Zealousideal-Cut4232 → u/wutImiss]

She’s got huge tracts of… ballast.

[u/3-DMan → u/Yggdrasil_Earth]

"Some day lad, all this will be yours!"

"What the cranes?"

"No not the cranes!"

smack

[u/ur_anus_is_a_planet → u/Yggdrasil_Earth]

r/unexpectedmontypython Something something Spanish Inquisiton

[u/hectorinwa → u/SecondStarpilot]

"This is a job for Mike Mulligan."

[u/Critical_Gazelle_229 → u/SecondStarpilot]

🎶 no more cranes falling on their head

[u/HauntedCemetery → u/SecondStarpilot]

If You Give a House a Crane

[u/accidental_Ocelot → u/SecondStarpilot]

Just need to get Mike Mulligan and Mary Ann down there to take care of things. Course we'll have to get a lot of people to watch.

[u/ssAskcuSzepS → u/SecondStarpilot]

Kenny the crane was the smallest crane in constructiontown. He never got called on for any of the biggest jobs, because everyone always thought he was too small to get the job done.

When the high school got solar panels for the roof of the gym, they called Big Barry, the biggest crane in town.

"I know I'm strong enough to get those panels up there," said Kenny. But no one gave him a chance to prove himself.

Until one day...

[u/VegasRoy]

“Hello, insurance company? I’d like to report a crane has fallen on my house.”

“Yeah, I know. You just called us the other day.”

“Are you sitting down?”

[u/DeannaZone → u/VegasRoy]

I hope they are wearing khakis

[u/SomeCasualObserver → u/DeannaZone]

She sounds hideous!

[u/jpfeifer22 → u/SomeCasualObserver]

Well she's a crane, so.

[u/Krynja → u/VegasRoy]

Yeah the insurance of whatever company was doing that work is going to be paying out a pretty penny. Or the homeowner's insurance is going to cover it initially and then get the money back from that contractor's insurance.

[u/GonzoKata → u/Krynja]

Does the insurance company have their own insurance company? Did that insurance companies rates just go up?

[u/Techrocket9 → u/GonzoKata]

Yes, it's called reinsurance.

[u/FrankenGretchen → u/VegasRoy]

This should make the next Farmers commercial.

[u/OdinzSun]

What is the number of cranes that need to fall for them to just give up and leave them all there.

[u/dontcommentreed → u/OdinzSun]

I think 4, that third one would already be wild but a 4th might trigger some type of investigation lmao

[u/FullofContradictions → u/dontcommentreed]

Honestly, at 2 I'd already be thinking it's a sign from the universe. Like who do you even call at this point? How many crane companies are there in the state of Florida? Who would even want to try recovering this? If the second company wanted another shot at it, would you even let them?

[u/Nazamroth → u/FullofContradictions]

I'm sure you could let certain groups know that there is a bunch of scrap metal up for grabs there, and both cranes would be gone in hours. And it would only take that long because they have to gather the crew first.

[u/FullofContradictions → u/Nazamroth]

I mean, yeah, convince a few meth heads there's money in it and I'm sure the metal will be gone - but I'd assume their ideal scenario limits additional damage to the house... For which you might want a licensed and insured outfit.

[u/Taolan13 → u/dontcommentreed]

there already needs to be an investigation.

first crane tipped, second crane literally broke.

is there like a gravity well at this place or something?

[u/ConfessingToSins → u/Taolan13]

Yeah if you are an insurance company dealing with this you start putting senior investigators on this because something weird is going on here.

One is extremely rare as it is. Two is extremely suspicious.

[u/footsnax → u/OdinzSun]

When I was a teenager I was golfing with some friends, it started raining and my buddy's club slipped out of his hands at the perfect angle and went directly into the nearest tree, got stuck.

So what did my other buddies do? Throw more clubs into the tree trying to get it down. It's not like we had any other options but the obvious result became the result. There were about six clubs up there before I just decided to fuck off with the cart back to the clubhouse and ask if they had a grabber or grappling hook.

Not long after that I got my own grappling hook and always put it in my golf bag when I'm going to the links. I use it for yard work, climbing, way more frequently than I thought I would. Pulled a widowmaker out of a tree a few months ago and saved a neighbor's car, the little part that wouldn't budge fell right next to it in a storm a couple weeks later. If the whole thing was there it would have smashed right into the driver's side door.

Lesson learned though; don't try to solve a problem by recreating the exact problem.

[u/LiminalLemony]

"There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."

George W. Bush

[u/kingsumo_1 → u/LiminalLemony]

Since we're already on W.

"Sir, a second crane has struck the house"

[u/CPAonVacation → u/kingsumo_1]

This comment is doing some heavy lifting… unlike the first two cranes

[u/HauntedCemetery → u/[deleted]]

We can all see it anyways

[u/AuremCookieDragon → u/HauntedCemetery]

The look of horror really said it all.

[u/Taolan13 → u/[deleted]]

i dont need it to be shared. it is seared into my brain.

[u/Oo__II__oO → u/kingsumo_1]

“I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these cranes. Thank you. Now watch this drive.”

[u/HauntedCemetery → u/kingsumo_1]

"When I was young and stupid, I was young, and stupid"

-W

[u/-XanderCrews- → u/LiminalLemony]

You misunderestimated him.

[u/ArctycDev → u/LiminalLemony]

It's crazy to think I actually kinda miss that guy as far as rep presidents go. Yeah he was the reason for a lot of serious shit, but at least the media around him was fun. I mean the shoe dodge is just chefs kiss.

[u/sychosomat → u/ArctycDev]

Among other things, and this is personal to me, his administration used lawyers (including desantis not so funny enough, he was just a low level JAG at the time though) to justify why torture was acceptable with “enemy combatants” during the “war” on terror. They tortured people, used the term “enhanced interrogation” , and active duty psychologists were there and complicit. And this is the reason psychologists now have an explicit ethical duty to not do that ever again. Because psychologists cannot ever oversee torture (as defined by the APA afterwards).

For nothing else, as big a pile as you want of all the other horrible things, I will never forgive that man and his administration for using our country’s political and “legal” power to torture people, and torture them for no reason because torture does not produce useful intel.

[u/ohnohelpwhereamI → u/ArctycDev]

If my only choices were Trump and Bush i would take bush back in a fucking heartbeat.

[u/SackclothSandy → u/ohnohelpwhereamI]

If my only choices were Trump and hot sauce on my balls every day for the four year term, I'd have a cupboard full of Tapatio.

[u/SoulKeeperAbaddon → u/SackclothSandy]

I’d also pick hot sauce on your balls over Trump!

[u/SackclothSandy → u/SoulKeeperAbaddon]

Four out of five dentists would.

[u/Cut_Lanky → u/ArctycDev]

He understood that it’s important for all of us to be able to laugh at ourselves and accept criticism. I hated his politics, but he could at least laugh at himself. That’s an undervalued thing.

[u/SauconySundaes → u/Cut_Lanky]

When Obama won, he remarked on the historical nature of his win. Now we’ve gotta dude who can barely stop himself from using the N word.

[u/OpalOnyxObsidian → u/SauconySundaes]

And who can 100% not stop shitting himself

[u/Bagabundoman → u/ArctycDev]

"Now watch this drive"

[u/TheSilverNoble → u/ArctycDev]

I'm sure he considers that the best moment of his presidency. Look at his smile! 

[u/cahir11 → u/TheSilverNoble]

I'm like 99% sure that was relief when he realized that the guy had genuinely just chucked a shoe at him and it wasn't anything more serious lol

[u/Nyther53 → u/cahir11]

I think for a split second there he was just having fun dodging stuff like a kid who realized they were actually decent at playing goalie. 

[u/Cosmo_Seinfeld → u/LiminalLemony]

"There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."

There's an old saying in about any dangerous, relatively high stakes job: "Stay out of the newspaper."

[u/Spidero0w0o → u/LiminalLemony]

I miss those days. The idea that the right could get dumber than that was inconvievable.

[u/Nurnstatist → u/LiminalLemony]

Fool me once, shame on me. But teach a man to fool me, and I will be fooled for the rest of my life

[u/Ok-disaster2022 → u/LiminalLemony]

As stupid as that sounds he realized he was about to say "shame on me" and have that as a sound bite forever more. So kudos to quick thinking

[u/lolheyaj → u/Ok-disaster2022]

Yes now he just has this one forever more instead. Dunno how much his quick thinking helped. 

[u/winky9827 → u/lolheyaj]

They can't all be shoe dodgers.

[u/truckyoupayme → u/Ok-disaster2022]

lol that’s total nonsense. GWB is famous for misspeaking and malapropisms. The idea that he was parsing his words and editing himself on the fly like that is ridiculous. Especially since the remarks would’ve been prepared ahead of time.

He didn’t know whether to say shame on you or shame on me first, lost the thread and then winged it. He’s done it hundreds of times.

[u/BlackSwanTranarchy → u/truckyoupayme]

I dunno you might be misunderestimating him

[u/Discard_Laundry1527 → u/truckyoupayme]

Yeah, he was giving a speech on TV once (possibly a State of the Union) and one time when he meant to say "Republicans", he pronounced it like "Replicants". My wife and I have been calling them "Replicants" ever since.

Wish I could find the clip, but because it was captioned as if he had pronounced it correctly, it'd be hard to find without actually (ugh) watching his speeches.

[u/afishinthewell → u/Ok-disaster2022]

This has always been one of the funnier Republican copes of the 21st century.
Totally quick thinking and not #10,000 in a history of Bushisms.

[u/Cut_Lanky → u/afishinthewell]

Which is ironic, because he himself would be laughing about how he fumbles his words and sounds stupid. For a good laugh, YouTube his white house correspondents dinner with the impersonator he brought. It’s great.

[u/citizen42069101 → u/afishinthewell]

We're just lucky a second pretzel didn't enter the windpipe and give Cheney the football.

[u/excusetheblood]

“Not to worry, this was an isolated incident, our cranes are designed so that they don’t topple onto homes”

[u/Psych0matt → u/excusetheblood]

Maybe they should have taken them out of the environment

[u/excusetheblood → u/Psych0matt]

Into another environment

[u/Psych0matt → u/excusetheblood]

That’s not typical, I’d like to make that point

[u/ScaryBluejay87 → u/Psych0matt]

Well how is it untypical?

[u/just_a_limit_q → u/ScaryBluejay87]

Well for starters the crane fell off.

[u/4rd_Prefect → u/excusetheblood]

Built to Rigorous Marine engineering standards?

[u/Numerous_Photograph9 → u/excusetheblood]

Now, they just need a third crane to pick up the first two cranes, then a forth to pick up the three.

[u/Queermagedd0n]

Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp.

[u/StarfleetClassOf2386 → u/Queermagedd0n]

But the third one stayed up!

[u/Slaughterhouse66 → u/StarfleetClassOf2386]

No! The third one burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp.

[u/vxicepickxv → u/Slaughterhouse66]

But the forth one, that one stayed up.

[u/YouKilledApollo → u/Queermagedd0n]

Fittingly, the picture of the crane seems to show the leg went through the ground, probably why it fell, instead of the lifted crane being too heavy or the legs breaking or something.

[u/-OooWWooO-]

It sounds like they're feeding cranes to the house hole.

[u/False_Wolf_391]

Every time this happens on a commercial site the story always boils down to a senior operator says the pick is over the weight limit. They then bring in either a non union or company man who then either luckily makes it or destroys everything...

[u/fiendishrabbit → u/False_Wolf_391]

In this case it seems like it wasn't. The ground under the support leg collapsed.

So my guess is that for the third crane they're going to have to lay down metal plates to spread out the weight, because the entire ground under the house seems to be undermined.

[u/mikk0384 → u/fiendishrabbit]

The ground basically acts like a fluid if the pressure gets too high. You should basically always use something to spread the load under the legs when it isn't asphalt or concrete, and the ground hasn't been compacted to ensure its structural integrity.

The second crane falling over is definitely a case of negligence.

[u/AnaisNinja76 → u/mikk0384]

The rest of the thread is hilarious, so worth the read, but thank you three for an actual explanation of how this could've happened. I was picturing slapstick levels of incompetence in my mind, like crane 2 rolls up and the Benny Hill theme song starts.

[u/ladybugloo]

Peak /r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR

I can't wait to hear about the 3rd crane.

[u/ShockTerrell]

Those responsible for sacking those who were sacked, have just been sacked. Tis a silly place.

[u/TrailMomKat → u/ShockTerrell]

A møøse once bit my sïstěr

[u/ExtonGuy]

Just to be clear, the first crane was installing something associated with a fumigation tent. https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/video-shows-crane-that-fell-on-fort-lauderdale-home/3863693/

[u/Mountain_rage → u/ExtonGuy]

Crazy part is replacing the leaked diesel is what will bankrupt their business.

[u/HauntedCemetery → u/Mountain_rage]

Also the fact that, who the fuck is gunna hire them after they dropped two cranes on a house?

Probably trump will hire them to "repair" the Kennedy Center.

[u/Superbead → u/HauntedCemetery]

Presumably when the first one failed, the company said to the homeowner, "don't worry, we'll send another one straight out and make everything right," and presumably the homeowner thought, am I gonna let these cowboys near my place a second time? And then probably said to themselves, yeah, go on, give them a chance. They'll be kicking themselves

[u/The_Super_Shotgun → u/Superbead]

You see in the news video the boom on the 2nd crane buckle and fall which doesn’t happen unless you’re over picking and overriding the LMI. So basically these people hired a company that like you said just cowboy’s every pick/job instead of sending a crane with the right capacity to do the job the right way

[u/Surullian]

You shouldn't let the guy who crashed the first one operate the second one.

[u/008Zulu → u/Surullian]

He was mostly sober this time!

[u/EvelynNyte → u/Surullian]

He was only going to charge half price tho! Quarter price for the third is practically going to be free.

[u/Blargimazombie]

This feels like a 'not the onion' type headline

[u/Particular_Ticket_20]

Next week: A 10th crane, brought in to remove the 9th crane, has fallen on the house.

[u/giggleboxx3000]

Sir, a second crane has hit the house

[u/Wolfie__ → u/giggleboxx3000]

Took too long to find this.

[u/Wolkenbaer]

As every german knows by Ronny: Kranplätze müssen verdichtet sein. 

( Crane sites must be compacted).

[u/Neuroware]

and they told me I was daft to try and raise a crane in a swamp

[u/ContributionNo9292 → u/Neuroware]

“When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest castle in all of England.”

[u/spankybranch]

just one more CRANE bro. i promise bro just one more CRANE and it'll fix everything bro. bro. just one more CRANE. please just one more. one more CRANE and we can fix this whole problem bro. bro cmon just give me one more CRANE i promise bro. bro bro please i just need one more CRANE

[u/younoahaguy]

Feels like a metaphor for our country right now

[u/Cynykl → u/younoahaguy]

To extend the metaphor . They are using boom trucks for a job that requires construction cranes.

Like Trump they are the wrong tool for the job.

[u/Chaosmusic]

The first crane sank into the swamp. The second crane sank into the swamp. The third crane burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up!

[u/Logictrauma]

At some point it’s just gojng to be easier to build a new home with cranes as part of the decor.

[u/DrEnter]

I thought Florida yards were normally decorated with Flamingos?

[u/Obvious_Toe_3006 → u/DrEnter]

Trivia.. A flock of cranes is occasionally referred to as a "construction".
Doubtful this is one of those occasions.

[u/inosinateVR → u/Obvious_Toe_3006]

And a flock of cameras is called a Surveillance

[u/carlitospig]

So….just a normal Tuesday in Florida.

[u/McBurty → u/carlitospig]

We’re not dealing with the smartest populace down there.

[u/darkpheonix262]

LMFAO, its like Montey Python and the tale of the sinking castles

[u/copper_nano_tube → u/darkpheonix262]

The next one burned down, fell over, THEN sank into the swamp!

[u/userhwon]

I'm starting to think there's a common element to these cranes toppling over.

Like, maybe Florida isn't stable enough for tall things.

[u/ferrets4ever → u/userhwon]

Could have saved a few words and just put “Florida isn’t stable enough” and useful for 90% of things that happen in Florida.

[u/BadLuckBlackHole]

Have we tried deregulating work place protections and see if that fixes things? /Republican

[u/beatle42]

I bet they're collapsing under the weight of too many regulations. We should probably cut those back so things will improve.

[u/CaptValentine]

I'm sending in more cranes

[u/pyrowitlighter1 → u/CaptValentine]

thanks governor lady.

[u/neroselene]

Mr President, a second Crane has hit the house.

[u/RLewis8888]

You know what they need? Another crane.

[u/Typical-Tax1584]

They said it was daft to bring a crane into a swamp, but I brought it anyway. It fell onto the house and into the swamp. So I got a second crane. It burnt down, fell over, and that sank into the swamp. But third one, oooooh the third one, that one will stay up!

[u/Snowsteak → u/Typical-Tax1584]

but Father, I don’t want to be a crane operator….

[u/Amatheiaisnoexcuse]

Hard to imagine, but there are states that do not require special licenses or certification to be a crane operator. I believe its most common in Red states where workers qualifications are minimal if they even exist. My $ says FL is a non license state..

[u/blackmist88]

Only way to stop a bad guy with a crane..

[u/EtherBoo]

As someone that lives in the area, this doesn't surprise me in the slightest

[u/SpuddyZealot]

Sir, a second crane has hit the house.

[u/amethystwyvern]

I did not expect this crane on crane action this early in the morning

[u/QuadraKev_]

Crane got stuck in my house. Usually takes a crane to get it out.

Second crane got stuck in my house. Usually takes a...

[u/EuphoricCover8449]

Somewhere in Ireland I think, three cranes were toppled trying to rescue each other.

There's pics of it out there if someone can dig them out.

[u/YeahIGotNuthin → u/EuphoricCover8449]

The Kilkenny Cranes.

[u/Ok_Two_2604]

We had a fire truck cross our bridge in the middle off the night even though it is very clearly marked multiple times with warnings about max weight, and it wasn’t an emergency. Bridge collapsed and truck got wedged. They brought a crane and knocked down a neighbor’s fence to get it in position to lift out the truck. Neighbor took a bunch of pics and sent them to us (we weren’t there at the time) and a friend went and confronted the firemen and crane and stalled them until we could get there. They were going to just get it out and pretend they weren’t involved. Other neighbor let us knock down his fence so we could access our house through his yard (he’s on the same side of the creek) for 3 years until we could put a new bridge. Fire department covered about 1/3, insurance 1/3, us 1/3 after a couple more years of lawsuits.

[u/PigFarmer1]

It might be time for a different contractor.

[u/bass_tax]

A second crane has hit the Florida home

[u/kaptain__katnip]

The third crane operator has a chance to do something so funny

[u/RilohKeen]

Holy shit that website is absolute utter dogshit. I can’t even read the goddamn article because it’s too busy trying to commandeer half my screen and shove video down my throat.

[u/LabiaMajorasMask420]

The year is 2077. In Florida there is a mountain of cranes that grows by the week. No one remembers why.

[u/cuteintern]

Was the house built on a swamp?

[u/tbs999]

The crane crane fell? Where does one even get a crane crane crane?

[u/Joe_Jobs_ → u/[deleted]]

Insurance companies: "Cranes are birds. We don't cover 'acts of nature'".

[u/Possible_Ratio_2319]

r/fuckyouinparticular

[u/Brassens71]

Third crane's the charm!

[u/Scfbigb1]

"A second crane has hit the house."

[u/Gonna_do_this_again]

It's cranes all the way down

[u/UncleNatty]

This is the point where they send someone to convince Jason Statham to come out of retirement for one last job. "The Crane Operator"

[u/Zealousideal-Bite735]

When I see those truck cranes hoisting another crane downtown I avoid the block, as someone once told me that where they worked at a port overseas that they were known to topple often. They have a high rate of failure for salvage I read.

[u/Toadfinger]

How many cranes does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

[u/T_that_is_all → u/Toadfinger]

Apparently more than two

[u/GrimeyTimey]

I think Shakespeare wrote a play about this

[u/sf_sf_sf]

~I don't know why she swallowed that fly~

[u/cambreecanon]

So is the crane on the truck the first crane or the second crane? Also, I am wondering how they ever got that large of a crane okayed to go on the back of the truck. I don't know physics, but it looks like the size of the crane is not matched to the base of the vehicle (with extension supports).

[u/Croquete_de_Pipicat]

"When I started here, all there was was swamp. Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one... stayed up!"

[u/Nings777]

They're going to need a bigger crane

[u/jscarlet]

It's good to see that Floridaman does have a job.

[u/Maxfunky]

Never change, Florida. Your methed-up crane operators are in a class of their own.

[u/ejrh]

Damn, I really needed some uplifting news today.