# NOTHING is gonna stop this guy from mowing the lawn **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186 "2017-06-05T17:06:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/1 "2017-06-05T17:06:34Z")
Theunis Wessels wanted to mow the lawn. Nothing was going to stop him, not even, say, a [tornado](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40155229). :eek: > [@His wife](#): > > She added that he had some knowledge about twisters as he had recently attended a seminar organised by a storm-chasing association. That doesn’t mean you turn your back on one, though. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/2 "2017-06-05T17:13:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/3 "2017-06-05T17:43:58Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Theunis Wessels wanted to mow the lawn. Nothing was going to stop him, not even, say, a [tornado](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40155229). :eek: > That doesn’t mean you turn your back on one, though. But…but he was keeping an eye on it! No way it coulda snuck up on him! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/4 "2017-06-05T17:53:38Z")
And people wonder why there are Darwin Awards. I did tell my family that this guy was going to live on in memes forever. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/5 "2017-06-05T19:05:07Z")
But the HOA said it had to be mowed by that afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/6 "2017-06-05T19:33:59Z")
I saw a time-lapse of that tornado on the news. That is one seriously fucking scary looking funnel. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/7 "2017-06-05T20:07:23Z")
When Theunis Wessels decides it’s time to mow the ddamn lawn, he means it’s time to mow the ddamn lawn! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/8 "2017-06-05T20:11:10Z")
Freakin’ A! Love that pic. The epitome of domestic single-mindedness. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/9 "2017-06-05T20:18:12Z")
Canadians…we knew they were polite. Now we know they are badass! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/10 "2017-06-05T20:21:10Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/11 "2017-06-05T20:23:20Z")
Got to get it done, so that the funnel can pick up the clippings. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/12 "2017-06-05T20:25:56Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/13 "2017-06-05T20:31:33Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > Canadians…we knew they were polite. Now we know they are badass! 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.” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/14 "2017-06-05T21:09:24Z")
In Canada, even the tornados are polite. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/15 "2017-06-06T00:12:48Z")
“I haven’t even mulched yet, so just wait a minute, eh?” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/16 "2017-06-06T00:56:36Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/17 "2017-06-06T02:39:12Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/18 "2017-06-06T04:31:11Z")
As soon as I saw the pic, I thought: “Albertan.” Checked story. Yep, Albertan. Albertans are … stubborn. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/19 "2017-06-06T04:53:32Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > 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. [Essentially, yes.](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/three-hill-tornado-lawn-mower-1.4145466) 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. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186/20 "2017-06-06T21:17:48Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > As soon as I saw the pic, I thought: “Albertan.” > > Checked story. Yep, Albertan. > > Albertans are … stubborn. To you I say, 😛 I believe the word you were looking for is single-minded. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-gonna-stop-this-guy-from-mowing-the-lawn/788186.md?page=2)