Man chainsaws house in half

[jdoggg12]

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - A 43-year-old German decided to settle his imminent divorce by chainsawing a family home in two and making off with his half in a forklift truck.
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Police in the eastern town of Sonneberg said on Friday the trained mason measured the single-storey summer house -- which was some 8 meters (26 feet) long and 6 meters wide -- before chainsawing through the wooden roof and walls.

"The man said he was just taking his due," said a police spokesman. "But I don't think his wife was too pleased."

After finishing the job, the man picked up his half with the forklift truck and drove to his brother's house where he has since been staying.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070309/od_nm/germany_divorce_chainsaw_dc_2

Awesome!!

Originally posted by: Bootprint
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[MisterJackson]

R uh Roh

 

[Inspector Jihad]

awesome

 

[faenix]

HAHA awesome

 

[eakers]

you've got to be kidding me.

 

[GasX]

nothing like a good "cutting off your nose to spite your face" story...

 

[Zysoclaplem]

I like his style.

 

[LS20]

too bad reuters/yahoo had to plug a lame ass photo of an unseen random man chainsawing through a log to complement the article...

 

[Bootprint]

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[Juno]

awesome!

 

[BooGiMaN]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
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they call that a house?

no wonder she got a divorce

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN

Originally posted by: Bootprint
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they call that a house?

no wonder she got a divorce

yeah. looks like the shed i have out back.

 

[bella ragazza]

What a house! lol

 

[lopri]

I'm loving this story. He's my hero!

 

[DeadByDawn]

WTF? Germany again?

 

[JulesMaximus]

That's not a house, it's a shack. Half of nothing is still nothing.

BTW-Chainsaw is a noun, not a verb.

 

[eakers]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN

Originally posted by: Bootprint
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they call that a house?

no wonder she got a divorce

What were you expecting? how would he have chain sawed and then removed half of anything bigger?

 

[FoBoT]

i need to get a chainsaw, just a small one

 

[jdoggg12]

Originally posted by: eakers

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN

Originally posted by: Bootprint
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they call that a house?

no wonder she got a divorce

What were you expecting? how would he have chain sawed and then removed half of anything bigger?

You get a divorcing wife and a lawyer and she'd figure a way out

 

[Amused]

Guys, it's a SUMMER house. A vacation cabin. This was not their main house, obviously.

 

[FoBoT]

so a smaller chainsaw will work on a summer house? you need a larger chainsaw for a main house?

 

[amicold]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
That's not a house, it's a shack. Half of nothing is still nothing.

BTW-Chainsaw is a noun, not a verb.

I'm quite sure we all understood though.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: amicold

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
That's not a house, it's a shack. Half of nothing is still nothing.

BTW-Chainsaw is a noun, not a verb.

I'm quite sure we all understood though.

How is "chainsaw" not a verb? How are you supposed to describe the action of using a chainsaw?

 

[6000SUX]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: amicold

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
That's not a house, it's a shack. Half of nothing is still nothing.

BTW-Chainsaw is a noun, not a verb.

I'm quite sure we all understood though.

How is "chainsaw" not a verb? How are you supposed to describe the action of using a chainsaw?

It's a verb as well as a noun. JulesMaximus is wrong. Seems wise to check one's facts if at all doubtful before calling someone on an "error".

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chainsaw

 

[6000SUX]

Incidentally, the man will probably be liable for maliciously reducing his wife's property interest in their house. I can't imagine German law is much different from American law in this regard.