25th April 2008, 02:30 PM
Yes, when working on a training excavation for several years in the early 90s we often sent the more naive students off for 'a long weight' - kept us amused for hours.
I also remember convincing some particulary obnoxious young men that the adjacent farmer had complained that the spoil heap was too close to his horses, and that as they were clearly the strongest and the leaders amongst their peers, could they please shift it a few meters to the left? Didn't see them for days....
I also remember convincing some particulary obnoxious young men that the adjacent farmer had complained that the spoil heap was too close to his horses, and that as they were clearly the strongest and the leaders amongst their peers, could they please shift it a few meters to the left? Didn't see them for days....