I imagine it appealed to his meticulous nature.

In other news, authorities are investigating how the tunnel collapsed on several people the other day.

/you don't just knock a hole through a hill
//get a friggin professional engineer to take a look and decide if it needs shoring

gopher321: In other news, authorities are investigating how the tunnel collapsed on several people the other day.

/you don't just knock a hole through a hill
//get a friggin professional engineer to take a look and decide if it needs shoring

Well yeah, but if you can outsource that engineering overseas to have someone do it way cheaper by himself, you've got to at least weigh the cost benefits.

Archie Goodwin: I imagine it appealed to his meticulous nature.

Well played.

We definitely don't want to see pictures of this tunnel or anything. Good work, journalist!

Terrible Trivium reportedly conflicted over news

"Sheriff, who could have done this? My father was a good, honest man! He had no truck with necromancers!"

- 'Dowsing the Demon' by Clayton Emery (1994)

Good thing his truck wasn't stolen during those 14 years.

/Thieves
//They steal trucks

Archie Goodwin: I imagine it appealed to his meticulous nature.

Over in one.

Ben Dover the photojournalist will gootse how it looks and return with pics.

Un-Mutual, Un-Mutual

Two: We want information, information.
Prisoner: You won't get it.
Two: By hook or by crook we will.

Pics or it didn't happen.

rugsucka: Ben Dover the photojournalist will gootse how it looks and return with pics.

Sorry. My passport is expired.

Local villagers, who had to trek for miles to get around the mountain are using the 14ft wide tunnel to reach their farms, and praising Mr Das for his work.

Of course they did--they were out there every day with him, helping him with his tunnel.

Right?

You want pics?

Here is another article about this guy (pops)

/with a pic how a hammer may look like.

Lame for not having pics. So here's Guoliang, China, where local villagers carved this tunnel through the mountain their village rests upon so that traffic would be able to reach it for the first time

karlandtanya: Local villagers, who had to trek for miles to get around the mountain are using the 14ft wide tunnel to reach their farms, and praising Mr Das for his work.

Of course they did--they were out there every day with him, helping him with his tunnel.

Right?

Can you say toll-tunnel? You want to get to the village through my tunnel? That will be one chicken please. No? feel free to walk 10 miles around.

gopher321: In other news, authorities are investigating how the tunnel collapsed on several people the other day.

/you don't just knock a hole through a hill
//get a friggin professional engineer to take a look and decide if it needs shoring

Yes I'm sure some small Indian village was chalk-full of contractors and engineers, hence the fact that he did it with a hammer and chisel over 14 years.

I once read a story about Burro Schmidt (new window) in the United States who did something similar... he pretended to be crazy and dig a tunnel because there was no road to his camp.

In reality, he was likely following a gold vein.

GreatNOD: Good thing his truck wasn't stolen during those 14 years.

/Thieves
//They steal trucks

That's what I was thinking. You would think that when the thieves didn't steal his truck in the first 5 years, his paranoia would have worn off.

How long is it? For something that sounds like an amazing feat of engineering for just one man to complete, the lame article is extremely short on details.

SwallowTheKnife:


Yes I'm sure some small Indian village was chalk-full of contractors and engineers, hence the fact that he did it with a hammer and chisel over 14 years.


That's "chock" full. Ja, ich bin eine Grammatik Nazi.

TTIWWOP

Gish21: Lame for not having pics. So here's Guoliang, China, where local villagers carved this tunnel through the mountain their village rests upon so that traffic would be able to reach it for the first time

I was against the Guoliang Tunnel project. Oh, everyone was talking about how great it'd be to finally have some semblance of an economy that doesn't involve bartering reed baskets, but then it went overbudget, and was delayed. And after the tunnel opened, all those transplants started pouring in from Shanghai, driving up prices and jamming traffic and ruining the place.

Guoliang was a nice place until that damn tunnel was built, mark my words.

Archie Goodwin: I imagine it appealed to his meticulous nature.

And that was that.

Came here for the "Top Secret" references, leave feeling a little disappointed.

/"But I just finished my tunnel!"

gopher321: In other news, authorities are investigating how the tunnel collapsed on several people the other day.

/you don't just knock a hole through a hill
//get a friggin professional engineer to take a look and decide if it needs shoring

Yes, how did humanity ever manage to survive all these years without building inspectors and P. Engs.

wsommerv: gopher321: In other news, authorities are investigating how the tunnel collapsed on several people the other day.

/you don't just knock a hole through a hill
//get a friggin professional engineer to take a look and decide if it needs shoring

Yes, how did humanity ever manage to survive all these years without building inspectors and P. Engs.

By the skin of their teeth!

Hmm. A freaking Indian villager farmer, who probably subsists on rice and sheep milk (or whatever), can build a damn tunnel through a mountain...and yet Americans need the govt to control healthcare for them?

Something's not making sense here...

karlandtanya: they were out there every day with him, helping him with his tunnel.

I was thinking the same thing. Where were they when he was busting his ass to dig the tunnel?

Franklin Delano Bluth: wsommerv: gopher321: In other news, authorities are investigating how the tunnel collapsed on several people the other day.

/you don't just knock a hole through a hill
//get a friggin professional engineer to take a look and decide if it needs shoring

Yes, how did humanity ever manage to survive all these years without building inspectors and P. Engs.

By the skin of their teeth!

Yeah, lord knows we never had mines or tunnels before schools started offering BS degrees.

/engineer
//if anything does the tunnel in it will be lack of repairs likely
/people get lazy with upkeep

Why does a man carve a mountain? Because it's there.

CalvinMorallis: A freaking Indian villager farmer, who probably subsists on rice and sheep milk (or whatever), can build a damn tunnel through a mountain...and yet Americans need the govt to control healthcare for them?

Whoa, that came out of nowhere. When trolling, make sure the bait matches the prey.

dragonchild: CalvinMorallis: A freaking Indian villager farmer, who probably subsists on rice and sheep milk (or whatever), can build a damn tunnel through a mountain...and yet Americans need the govt to control healthcare for them?

Whoa, that came out of nowhere. When trolling, make sure the bait matches the prey.

I've never done it before. I'm treating it like a bunny slope--go really slow down the easy trail, before you take the double black diamond head on :D

Pics or it didn't happen.

I misread this as a villager does the most magical thing. I like my version better. With "Hall of the Mountain King" playing while they show a speeded up video of the guy carving out the mountain with the aid of dwarven shovels, or something.

sparkeyjames: Pics or it didn't happen.


Articles like this are farking stupid without pics.

you are in my way. i'm gonna move you.

CalvinMorallis: dragonchild: CalvinMorallis: A freaking Indian villager farmer, who probably subsists on rice and sheep milk (or whatever), can build a damn tunnel through a mountain...and yet Americans need the govt to control healthcare for them?

Whoa, that came out of nowhere. When trolling, make sure the bait matches the prey.

I've never done it before. I'm treating it like a bunny slope--go really slow down the easy trail, before you take the double black diamond head on :D

Should have strung Indian to Pakistan, Pakistan to Taliban, Taliban to Muslim, and Muslim to Obama.

BAM! Instant troll without the leap.

eddyatwork: karlandtanya: they were out there every day with him, helping him with his tunnel.

I was thinking the same thing. Where were they when he was busting his ass to dig the tunnel?

Down at the local pub-equivalent, laughing about crazy Ramcha, always chipping away at the mountain, as if he would ever succeed--and how if he ever did, the tunnel will just collapse and destroy his truck (if it doesn't kill him too).

You'd think if all of them thought it was a good idea in order to avoid the walk they all had to do, they'd have done something collectively beforehand. Odd.

karlandtanya: Of course they did--they were out there every day with him, helping him with his tunnel.
Right?

"I was inspired my Baba Manjhi who had dedicated 22 years of his life to create a passage for the villagers. He was my guru and his act inspired me to do this work," said Das (new window).

haddie: CalvinMorallis: dragonchild: CalvinMorallis: A freaking Indian villager farmer, who probably subsists on rice and sheep milk (or whatever), can build a damn tunnel through a mountain...and yet Americans need the govt to control healthcare for them?

Whoa, that came out of nowhere. When trolling, make sure the bait matches the prey.

I've never done it before. I'm treating it like a bunny slope--go really slow down the easy trail, before you take the double black diamond head on :D

Should have strung Indian to Pakistan, Pakistan to Taliban, Taliban to Muslim, and Muslim to Obama.

BAM! Instant troll without the leap.

See? That's why I gotta start small. If I dive headfirst into the politics tab...my god...they'd never even find the remains.

How does one go about "shoring up" a tunnel? And isn't that an odd term for something related to a tunnel? Maybe a sand castle on the beach with a tunnel, but not a mountain tunnel. But I digress.

Sounds like one desperate villager.

/don't even talk to me about the shiatty remake

haddie: Should have strung Indian to Pakistan, Pakistan to Taliban, Taliban to Muslim, and Muslim to Obama.

BAM! Instant troll without the leap.

That's how you can tell he was one of them Hindoo Injuns--if he was a Secret Mooslin, he'd have campaigned to get the government to medically treat his blisters and applied for disability when he started. His Secret Mooslin government flunkies would then have made you pay for it.

/then they'd sell your children or something.
//and beat you with a herring.

palelizard: haddie: Should have strung Indian to Pakistan, Pakistan to Taliban, Taliban to Muslim, and Muslim to Obama.

BAM! Instant troll without the leap.

That's how you can tell he was one of them Hindoo Injuns--if he was a Secret Mooslin, he'd have campaigned to get the government to medically treat his blisters and applied for disability when he started. His Secret Mooslin government flunkies would then have made you pay for it.

/then they'd sell your children or something.
//and beat you with a herring.

Maybe he can convince his Paki Muslim friends to finally get off their lazy asses and do something about the Taliban. Its not as if Obama HUSSEIN is going to do anything about it.

Oh I'm sorry I thought this was the internet. You know, that place where transmitting pictures was as effortless as posting text.


They didn't want to spend all that extra cash on FILM.

Tunnels repel thieves? Awesome!

eddyatwork: karlandtanya: they were out there every day with him, helping him with his tunnel.

I was thinking the same thing. Where were they when he was busting his ass to dig the tunnel?

And so the little red hen asked, "Who will help me plant the seeds?"

"Not I!" said the cat.

"Not I!" said the dog.

"Not I!" said the horse.

So the little red hen planted her seeds by herself. Then she asked, "Who will help me water the seeds?"

"Not I!" said the cat...

[snip]

So the little red hen baked the bread by herself. Then she asked, "Who will help me eat the bread!"

"I!" said the cat.

"I!" said the dog.

"I!" said the horse.

"No," said the little red hen. "You did not help me plant the seeds, nor water the seeds, nor weed the wheat, nor harvest the wheat, nor grind the flour, nor bake the bread. I will eat it by myself."

And she didn't, because she was a farking hen and the cat and dog thought she looked tasty.

haddie: palelizard: haddie: Should have strung Indian to Pakistan, Pakistan to Taliban, Taliban to Muslim, and Muslim to Obama.

BAM! Instant troll without the leap.

That's how you can tell he was one of them Hindoo Injuns--if he was a Secret Mooslin, he'd have campaigned to get the government to medically treat his blisters and applied for disability when he started. His Secret Mooslin government flunkies would then have made you pay for it.

/then they'd sell your children or something.
//and beat you with a herring.

Maybe he can convince his Paki Muslim friends to finally get off their lazy asses and do something about the Taliban. Its not as if Obama HUSSEIN is going to do anything about it.

And all you Fark libtards cheering this guy on are oddly silent about the destruction he's doing to the environment around his farm. What, it doesn't count if he's a Muslim? Only Christians have to drive a Prius and sell their air conditioners? Typical.