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Farmer

The Resume

    (circa 1960- )
    Resident of Kershaw County, South Carolina
    Arm got trapped in a corn picker (September 11, 2007)

Why he might be annoying:

    He sells corn cobs to hunters as lures for deer.
    When cornstalks got stuck in the picker, he reached into the machine while it was still running.
    To keep from being drawn further into the machine, he jammed an iron bar into the chain driving the rollers, but the grinding threw off sparks that started a fire.

Why he might not be annoying:

    When the fire started, he realized he would have to cut off his arm to escape.
    He said the fire kept him from passing out from the pain.
    When he finished cutting, a tire on the corn picker exploded, throwing him five feet and out of the flames.
    He then got into his pickup and drove out to the highway to flag down help.
    Off-duty firefighter Doug Spinks spotted him, stopped the bleeding and called for an ambulance.
    While he was in the hospital, 25 of his neighbors finished harvesting his crops for him.
    He said, "If I was going to die there, I was going to put up a fight, and that's basically what I did.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 46 Votes: 41.30% Annoying