It's sad and kind of hilarious how many people assume the first time they heard a story/song/joke is the original version. I enjoyed your addition of animation, don't let ignorant naysayers stop you from doing more.
I cringed in horror when he said his hand was stuck in the pulley. Little did I realize that would have been the best possible option for what was about to come.
My A-Level physics teacher actually used a version of this as a mechanics question. We not only had to calculate the velocity for the ascent and descent, but we also had to calculate whether the force at the, I believe in his version it was the 4th floor and a seven story building, would have been enough to cause the described injuries. Bit fuzzy on the details though, it was over 6 years ago.
My physics teacher did just that in 1984. This video is almost word for word the original, which dates from the 1950s. My 13-year-old just discovered this and found it extremely funny. Timeless.
@@Robynhoodlum oh damn, now that's what I call a timeless classic. It does explain why he was working by himself and nobody was there to stop him, I don't think OSHA was a thing yet lol
@@Robynhoodlum I figured. I remember seeing some pictures in a history textbook of workers on the scaffolding of the empire state building, still being built, without any safety harnesses or anything. Amazing that those guys didn't lose balance with those giant steel balls lol
I heard this on a morning radio show like 20 years ago never laughed so hard in my life and have searched for and found several versions. This is the best version I’ve heard since the original one!!😂
Almost cried laughing, thanks for the great animation! This is the first I’d heard this story and it was so fun to be introduced to it this way and get to dig into all the history there
Great animation. Superb even. Had some hearty laughs that I sorely needed, and it wasn't just because of the audio. Animation complimented the audio very well. Thanks mate. Additionally, this animation is being shared in mp4 format in Discords I'm in, as of recent, so who knows how many people have watched it.
I've heard this story as a song by Seamus Kennedy for years and this is just as good. Nice little animation and narration mate. Perfect thing to watch before goin into work lol!
I really want a GIF for the animation that showed during the "I'm a bricklayer by trade" line really good and a little inside joke for the people who know. Also just great animations overall
I have to do an incident report for my Technical Communications class rn, simple assignment meant to be easy. I decided to use this as my sample incident and oh lord, is it a long report lmfaooo. Worth it.
I heard this story just now on a Facebook post, and they said, I hope this gets animated. - I come to TH-cam and find this little masterpiece! Thank you!!!
I first found this on tik tok, laughed so hard I got an asthma attack, immediately showed my parents and then continued laughing so hard I have my self a stitch.
Dear Sir, I write this note to you to tell you of me plight And at the time of writing, I am not a pretty sight Me body is all black and blue, me face a deathly gray And I write this note to say why Paddy's not at work today While working on the 14th floor, some bricks I had to clear Now, to throw them down from such a height was not a good idea The foreman wasn't very pleased, he being an awkward sod He said I'd have to cart them down the ladders in me hod Now, clearing all these bricks by hand it was so very slow So I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see That a barrelful of building bricks was heavier than me So when I untied the rope the barrel fell like lead And clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead Well, I shot up like a rocket 'til to my dismay I found That halfway up, I met the bloody barrel comming down Well, the barrel broke me shoulder as to the ground it sped And when I reached the top, I banged the pully with my head Well, I clung on tight through numbed shock from this almighty blow And the barrel spilled out half the bricks 14 floors below Now, when these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more Still clinging tightly to the rope, I sped towards the ground And I landed on the broken bricks that were all scattered round Well, I lay there groaning on the ground, I thougth I'd passed the worst When the barrel hit the pully-wheel and then the bottom burst Well, a shower of bricks rained down on me, I hadn't got a hope As I lay there moaning on the ground, I let go of the bloody rope The barrel than being heavier, it started down once more And landed right across me, as I lay upon the floor Well, it broke three ribs and my left arm and I can only say That I hope you'll understand why Paddy's not at work today
One time I was swinging on a rope swing when the branch above me snapped and I went falling to the ground on my back. I instantly brought my feet up to block the branch from landing on top of me. I suspect that if I was in this situation (besides not relying on my body weight to stop the barrel), I probably would have grabbed onto the second rope at the top of the pulley once the barrel broke. Although I suspect that due to the momentum you would either smash into the pulley or keep flying past it into the air if this was done in real life.
If you aren't sure if the barrel has hit the ground or not, you wouldn't grab the second rope, grabbing a moving rope under load is a good way deglove your fingers. If you are unaware of what degloving is, it's where the flesh on your fingers/hand gets removed down to the bone. It's the main reason why mechanics and engineers usually remove any jewelry on their hands, wrists or loose hanging jewelry on their necks whilst working near machinery.
@@kiritotheabridgedgod4178 My dude, if you are yanked 6 stories up in the air then you should already have been looking for better things to grab onto than the rope that pulled you there in the first place. So when that rope suddenly stops supporting your weight, you don't need much time to realize you should also grab the rope on the other side before it's too late. You don't even need to know about the barrel on the bottom. And yes, I know what degloving is.
@@plopsmcgee9672 I mean fair, but surely, you grab onto the pully system which is bolted to the floor, instead of the rope. Much higher chance of having intact hands.
What a story! I doubt it's real, though. Even back then, there would've been others around to witness this, and I also doubt such a head wound from hitting a barrel at that speed (twice the speed of the man alone!) would have been medically treatable in that time period. I'm not sure it'd be survive able with /modern/ medicine.
It's sad and kind of hilarious how many people assume the first time they heard a story/song/joke is the original version. I enjoyed your addition of animation, don't let ignorant naysayers stop you from doing more.
Thank you
Wait, the song wasn’t the original version?
but paddy's song WAS the original.
I cringed in horror when he said his hand was stuck in the pulley. Little did I realize that would have been the best possible option for what was about to come.
I like the idea that the original accident report was just "poor planning"
This report should be used in physics class. Let the students calculate how fast he was going.
My A-Level physics teacher actually used a version of this as a mechanics question. We not only had to calculate the velocity for the ascent and descent, but we also had to calculate whether the force at the, I believe in his version it was the 4th floor and a seven story building, would have been enough to cause the described injuries.
Bit fuzzy on the details though, it was over 6 years ago.
Which time (event) and in what direction, otherwise there are too many variables.
my teacher used this as an edpuzzle video. it was hysterical
Right?
My physics teacher did just that in 1984. This video is almost word for word the original, which dates from the 1950s. My 13-year-old just discovered this and found it extremely funny. Timeless.
I spent 20-30 mins dying laughing at this. Called my friend, showed him it, haven't heard him laugh that hard in YEARS. bravo my friend, bravo
Same lmfao
When people said that this story was old I was wondering how old. I can't believe that this story goes all the way back to WW2!
WWI actually. It was printed in a joke book in 1918.
@@Robynhoodlum oh damn, now that's what I call a timeless classic. It does explain why he was working by himself and nobody was there to stop him, I don't think OSHA was a thing yet lol
@@charityquill4965 nope, OSHA didn’t come around until 1970!
@@Robynhoodlum I figured. I remember seeing some pictures in a history textbook of workers on the scaffolding of the empire state building, still being built, without any safety harnesses or anything. Amazing that those guys didn't lose balance with those giant steel balls lol
@robyn “acTuaLLy” it’s from a newpaper excerpt from the 19th century
This man has the constitution of a dang Looney Tunes character
Or Ernest P Worrell ( Jim Varney, from the 90's movies)
I heard this on a morning radio show like 20 years ago never laughed so hard in my life and have searched for and found several versions. This is the best version I’ve heard since the original one!!😂
Almost cried laughing, thanks for the great animation! This is the first I’d heard this story and it was so fun to be introduced to it this way and get to dig into all the history there
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i seen the mythbusters take on this years ago
im cackling like a asthmatic hyena here, ribs aching. thank you for sharing this
They created the bricklayer's accident?
@@BlazingKhioneus
It's on TH-cam: Mysthbusters season 1 episode 03 - Barrel of Bricks
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@@BlazingKhioneus Aye, 'Barrel of Bricks' is the headline I found it under for searching purposes.
That’s a great adaptation of The Dubliners “the Sick Note” 😂
Great animation. Superb even. Had some hearty laughs that I sorely needed, and it wasn't just because of the audio. Animation complimented the audio very well. Thanks mate.
Additionally, this animation is being shared in mp4 format in Discords I'm in, as of recent, so who knows how many people have watched it.
Yup, I found it through a discord video, too
Same here, saw this video on Discord in a meme channel. Decided to try to find it on TH-cam to give it the like it deserves.
I’m actually here from a Discord server where this was shared 🤣
My grandma recognized this bit. Fun to see how well the humor holds up in the modern day. Friggin' rope and pulley humor. Who would have thought?
I’m super glad that he lived because if he didn’t we wouldn’t have been graced with this wonderful story.
The perfect execution of the rule of threes by the barrel. Down, up, then back down again
Oh wow, that's such a wild story and the animation elevates it to a new level of hilarious
Just wanted to say, always awesome to run into a fellow aroace individual in the wild!
To this day, it remains the funniest accident related video I've ever watched
I think what makes this story better is that the date of this incident, which was not share originally, is in 1959
Oh dear, a classic. Perked up my whole day! Love the animation, and the giggles in the background.
this is literally like some stuff out of a tom and jerry cartoon lol
My chest is still sore from laughing to death the first watch two watches later... excellent job man.
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I sent this to my uncle, who used to be a construction worker and now works as a Technology teacher. He found it pretty funny.
Well, I'd say that guy got a very painful lesson in physics that day. The funniest thing I've heard this year alone.
the animation and lingo makes for an amazing retelling of The Sick Note. This is amazing.
"Told by Gerard Hoffnung at the Oxford Union, December 4th, 1958" some jokes are so good they don't die
I've heard this story as a song by Seamus Kennedy for years and this is just as good. Nice little animation and narration mate. Perfect thing to watch before goin into work lol!
It's my favorite rendition of the tale
I really want a GIF for the animation that showed during the "I'm a bricklayer by trade" line really good and a little inside joke for the people who know. Also just great animations overall
Choked on my food laughing when you said you met the barrel on it’s way up
Your animation made it 10x better lol. Please do more.
I'm surprised to see that this is super recent and done by a pretty small creator.
Hat's off to ya my man!
Saw this on discord. Your animation mixed with the audio had me doubled over laughing
For someone not so smart, that accident report was nier flawless
I heard this on Facebook came looking for the full version I’m glad I did, couldn’t stop laughing for at least 40 minutes
I have to do an incident report for my Technical Communications class rn, simple assignment meant to be easy. I decided to use this as my sample incident and oh lord, is it a long report lmfaooo. Worth it.
Awesome, the chilly eating yarn needs to be animated next. Legend
I love that all of this was hidden behind Poor Planning on the initial accident report
i am in love with this report from what might be 1958.
This is just insanely hilarious.
I have watched this at least 3x a day for the last week
the visuals makes this so much better hahahaha
this was amazing, and amazingly animated. i hope you continue to produce animations like this telling story's.
I heard this story just now on a Facebook post, and they said, I hope this gets animated. - I come to TH-cam and find this little masterpiece! Thank you!!!
I have bruised ribs and honestly the pain from laughing my ass off at this is worth it 🤣🤣
A new version of the original version of Gerrard Hoffnan's Bricklayer's lament.
Bruh wrote an entire NTSB report about he was an idiot
This some Wile E. Coyote shit
This man is a cartoon character.
I first found this on tik tok, laughed so hard I got an asthma attack, immediately showed my parents and then continued laughing so hard I have my self a stitch.
This is solid gold, hurt my ribs laughing.
Too funny. I heard one of a guy with a Lazer decided to try it out. Hilarious
for those that don't know, this is based off a lovely (irish?) folksong. I encourage you to listen to that as well!
The fact there is a song about this is even funnier.
I remeber listing to this on my way back home, i laughed so hard i couldnt drive lol
I cant believe this man looney tooned himself.....
Had me in tears.
And that explains why Paddy was not at work today
Wow that sounds painful 😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄
This was just a really funny story. Animation was perfect!
A modern classic.
ah the mythbusters brick myth animated WITH lore amazing.
I saw this before but this is still the funniest shit ive seen to date
Life said he is supposed to be dead he fell into bricks then just dropped the barrel hoping to finish what it started 😅
Well it's a funny story. It's even funnier when the Corries told it in song 40 years ago 😂
You should listen to the original version of this written and performed by Gerard Hoffnung delivered at the Oxford Union
Good video! Put this video with The Bricklayers Song!
These are the lyrics to the song "The sicknote" by the Dubliners.
I'm going to hell soooo fast for laughing at this
Keep up the good work!
That's what you get for not putting an apostrophe on "Doctor's* Notes."
i just hope he is ok
Some Tom and Jerry shit right there
This dude laterally made it into a training video I am so certain.
Hilarious although I do pity the poor man.
Dear Sir, I write this note to you to tell you of me plight
And at the time of writing, I am not a pretty sight
Me body is all black and blue, me face a deathly gray
And I write this note to say why Paddy's not at work today
While working on the 14th floor, some bricks I had to clear
Now, to throw them down from such a height was not a good idea
The foreman wasn't very pleased, he being an awkward sod
He said I'd have to cart them down the ladders in me hod
Now, clearing all these bricks by hand it was so very slow
So I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below
But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
That a barrelful of building bricks was heavier than me
So when I untied the rope the barrel fell like lead
And clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead
Well, I shot up like a rocket 'til to my dismay I found
That halfway up, I met the bloody barrel comming down
Well, the barrel broke me shoulder as to the ground it sped
And when I reached the top, I banged the pully with my head
Well, I clung on tight through numbed shock from this almighty blow
And the barrel spilled out half the bricks 14 floors below
Now, when these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor
I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more
Still clinging tightly to the rope, I sped towards the ground
And I landed on the broken bricks that were all scattered round
Well, I lay there groaning on the ground, I thougth I'd passed the worst
When the barrel hit the pully-wheel and then the bottom burst
Well, a shower of bricks rained down on me, I hadn't got a hope
As I lay there moaning on the ground, I let go of the bloody rope
The barrel than being heavier, it started down once more
And landed right across me, as I lay upon the floor
Well, it broke three ribs and my left arm and I can only say
That I hope you'll understand why Paddy's not at work today
Legend thanks for this
Aw man, I’m laughing so hard! 😂😂😂
i need a crash test dummy recreation mythbusters style
i just heard the story an the comment buddy made about it would be funny put to animation ... i thought so too , had to check this out
How many pounds did those bricks weigh?
Bout 550lbs
May your future be full of accident s, and your stories happily animated!
Thief!!!
Isnt this a Dubliners song? Sick note?
Holy fuck this is amazing!
Oooohoho… my fucking lord 😂
we are CRYING!!!!! XD omfg thats so goooood!!!!!
Crazy how this would of all happened in the space of around 15 seconds 🤣
thank you coney 😂😂
the fourth stooge
This is now more viewed than the original from 12 years ago 😂😂😂
It’s an old Irish song… The Sick Note….
So this is an animated version of Paddy's Sick Note...
it's more this is an animated version of the story the song was based off, dating to 90 or so years ago
Reminds me of the old Scot’s song
This poor man. I really hope he was insured for medical care.
Also lmao
average tuesday
Based off of “the Sick Note” great interpretation of it though.
infinite jest?
was looking for this comment
Good ol Gerard Hoffnung
Funniest thing I've ever heard!!
At least he fell on a soft pike of bricks.
Sorry I meant pile
One time I was swinging on a rope swing when the branch above me snapped and I went falling to the ground on my back. I instantly brought my feet up to block the branch from landing on top of me.
I suspect that if I was in this situation (besides not relying on my body weight to stop the barrel), I probably would have grabbed onto the second rope at the top of the pulley once the barrel broke. Although I suspect that due to the momentum you would either smash into the pulley or keep flying past it into the air if this was done in real life.
If you aren't sure if the barrel has hit the ground or not, you wouldn't grab the second rope, grabbing a moving rope under load is a good way deglove your fingers.
If you are unaware of what degloving is, it's where the flesh on your fingers/hand gets removed down to the bone. It's the main reason why mechanics and engineers usually remove any jewelry on their hands, wrists or loose hanging jewelry on their necks whilst working near machinery.
@@kiritotheabridgedgod4178 My dude, if you are yanked 6 stories up in the air then you should already have been looking for better things to grab onto than the rope that pulled you there in the first place. So when that rope suddenly stops supporting your weight, you don't need much time to realize you should also grab the rope on the other side before it's too late. You don't even need to know about the barrel on the bottom. And yes, I know what degloving is.
@@plopsmcgee9672 I mean fair, but surely, you grab onto the pully system which is bolted to the floor, instead of the rope. Much higher chance of having intact hands.
@@kiritotheabridgedgod4178 Agreed.
What a story! I doubt it's real, though. Even back then, there would've been others around to witness this, and I also doubt such a head wound from hitting a barrel at that speed (twice the speed of the man alone!) would have been medically treatable in that time period. I'm not sure it'd be survive able with /modern/ medicine.