Theunis Wessels wanted to mow the lawn. Nothing was going to stop him, not even, say, a tornado. :eek:
That doesn’t mean you turn your back on one, though.
That’s okay. I’ve posted about my across-the-street neighbor who is a mowing demon all summer and a snowblowing djinn all winter. Obsessed with keeping his yard ‘just so’ - to the point of idiocy. I think he has three lawn mowers, including a high-end ZTR. I know he has four or five snow blowers because he has the whole family out there at once sometimes - I have pix of them frantically clearing the driveway, but it’s hard to tell because the snow is falling so heavily.
So I don’t think a tornado would faze him. He’d be the first back outside, using a blower to get bits of house off his lawn.
But…but he was keeping an eye on it! No way it coulda snuck up on him!
And people wonder why there are Darwin Awards.
I did tell my family that this guy was going to live on in memes forever.
But the HOA said it had to be mowed by that afternoon.
I saw a time-lapse of that tornado on the news. That is one seriously fucking scary looking funnel.
When Theunis Wessels decides it’s time to mow the ddamn lawn, he means it’s time to mow the ddamn lawn!
Freakin’ A!
Love that pic. The epitome of domestic single-mindedness.
Canadians…we knew they were polite. Now we know they are badass!
Used to have a cow-orker from OK. One time he showed us a video on his phone, taken from his front porch, showing a tornado moving L to R. When we expressed amazement that he would just sit on his porch filming it, he said something like, "When they move in that direction, there is no danger. If it had been going the other way, I would’ve been cowering in my basement."
Possibly, this could have been something similar.
Got to get it done, so that the funnel can pick up the clippings.
Reminds me of one of my neighbors. He’s been known to use his lawn mower, leaf blower and snow blower all in the same afternoon. Dammit, if there’s gonna be a blizzard, the snow’s gonna fall on his perfectly-mowed leaf-free lawn, and not one flake will be allowed on his driveway!
Canadians are polite, and insist on politeness.
“I really don’t care how much of a hurry you’re in, Mr. Twister. I’m mowing the lawn and you’ll just have to wait your turn.”
In Canada, even the tornados are polite.
“I haven’t even mulched yet, so just wait a minute, eh?”
What an idiot. I’m a Kansan, I know something about tornados. They are sneaky and treacherous. Too bad he has spawned already, but it seems the stupid gene was not passed on, as his little girl had the sense to be alarmed.
I grew up in Tornado Alley, and I love this guy’s attitude. If you go running for cover every time there’s an alert, you won’t get much else done.
If a tornado has your name on it, being in the house isn’t going to save you.
:eek: Only half kidding.
As soon as I saw the pic, I thought: “Albertan.”
Checked story. Yep, Albertan.
Albertans are … stubborn.
Basically, it wasn’t nearly as close as the picture makes it look (the prairies are famous for that sort of illusion, thanks to being so flat), and it wasn’t moving toward the area.
To you I say, 
I believe the word you were looking for is single-minded. 