Submitter really needs to get laid.

This guy is a moron. He was being paid to do nothing...

Wow, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, on everyone's side. Nobody involved in this case is acting rationally.

What about the pickle slicer?!
Oh, she was fired too..

a boner at a Grafton abattoir should be reinstated after he had been unfairly sacked for refusing to undertake a type of work that could have aggravated an old elbow injury.

Yep. A boner and an elbow injury.

"sacked"? WTF? Can we stop using obscure slang terms please?

To those of you making heartfelt commentary on the content of the article: you do realize this was submitted entirely for the language-play possibilities of the headline, and no one really gives a shiat about the actual content, right?

'Sacked' is obscure?

Perhapes one shoulde speak in Middle Englishe?

Why would you quit a job that gives you free money? Play the game.

I've had one job that I truely cared about. My entire department got laid off. Such is life.

Pass me the cash and I will sharpen pencils. If I get bored, I will get a real job instead.

Dumbass

boner = someone who removes bones from meat

Abe,

You kind of sound like Bond James...

Oh, hell. you know the rest

Money for nothing, but no MEAT for free.

/MEAT!

WTF does WTF mean? Can we start using Olde Englishe?

krovvy: "sacked"? WTF? Can we stop using obscure slang terms please?

from - www.m-w.com

sacked: to fire or put in a sack

In England, excess serfs were placed in a sack and drowned to avoid unfair dismissal lawsuits. This worked well, as unfair dissmisal lawsuits were very rare in the Dark Ages.

sack: bed.

It is also slang for "have sex with". E.g. I'd sack her.

Hope this helps.

Ech - I used to work in a slaughterhouse on the kill floors. They are truly nightmare-ish places, awful, horrible places - most of the people who worked there were somewhat demented IMO. Like Leatherface. And they were way too handy with a knife.
Killing animals all day long so people can eat meat is not a nice thing to do, in fact it's downright unpleasant. You farks should have to do your own animal killing.

Good headline, but the guy really should have followed some age-old advice: Take the money and run.

Boner=someone who removes meat from bones.


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I wouldn't have laughed, but this was right next to "Guerrilla art group erects mock guard towers outside gated communities."

Hehe. He. He.

/Okay, so it's not that funny.

Submitter must be hard up for puns. Oh well, the penis mightier then the sword.

Ha ha ha ha ha!
Blackadder, what an unfortunate name!

Baldrick : Don't worry mister B, I have a cunning plan to solve the problem.
Blackadder : Yes Baldrick, let us not forget that you tried to solve the problem of your mother's low ceiling by cutting off her head.

Sacked isn't obscure.

krovvy: "sacked"? WTF? Can we stop using obscure slang terms please?



"Sacked" is hardly obscure...

Also, great headline, submitter!

And yes - he was an idiot. I'd love a free paycheck for not having to go into work...

Stephen must be a relative of Edmund Blackadder. No mention of Baldrick, though.

Blackadder: Well, Baldrick, we're off again.
Baldrick: Hooray, Mr. B! Where to?
Blackadder: Apparently, I have been hired as a (pause) boner.
Baldrick: Again?
Blackadder: No, Baldrick, not THAT type of boner. A meatpacker!
Baldrick: Ooh! (looks confused) I bet with a job like that, boning and packing meat, you'll like as not aggravate that old elbow injury!
Blackadder: Not to worry. If I have a task that required a "jerk" or two, I'll simply have you do it. You have tons of experience in that field, I understand.

I LOVE BLACKADDER!

DaCricket

InflatableJesus: Submitter really needs to get laid.

I second that.

I third that.

/submitter

Curse you, Chum Lee. I had that line teed up and ready to go.

"Curse you, Chum Lee. I had that line teed up and ready to go."

ditto

"Baldrich, you wouldn't know a cunning plan if it danced about on a harpsichord wearing a purple leotard and sang 'Cunning plans are here again'"

/need a Blackadder fix.

I love his take on Wales

Blackadder: "Have you ever been to Wales, Baldrick?"
Baldrick: "No, but I've often thought I'd like to."
Blackadder: "Well don't, it's a ghastly place. Huge gangs of tough sinewy men roam the valleys terrifying people with their close harmony singing. You need half a pint of phlegm in your throat just to pronounce the placenames. Never ask for directions in Wales Baldrick, you'll be washing spit out of your hair for a fortnight."

/also needs a Blackadder fix

"A man may fight for many things. His country, his friends, his principles, the glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child. But personally, I'd mud-wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sack of French porn." - Blackadder

He's getting paid for doing nothing, and he sues?

Heh heh someone said boner.