Re: The first time in over 20 years.

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Friday, July 20, 2012 9:26:47 PM UTC-4, Just Looking wrote:
> A flagpole is bad.
> What's worse is when the guy squatting in the attic is watching for the bit
> to come through, and while he is thinking the bit is coming up in front of
> him, the bit deflects a little too much, comes up where he can't see it, and
> then the bit becomes a 'hemorrhoid spinner'. The ironic thing is the
> 'hemorrhoid spinner' injury isn't a pain in the ass, but not so strangely is
> always a very large knot on the top of the forehead, occasionally with a few
> spiky splinters tossed in for good measure.
> One more reason not to do residential.
>
> "G. Morgan"  wrote in message
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>
> Just Looking Wrote:
>
> >There's a name for that. It called the flagpole. It called that because it
> >looks just like a flagpole when you see a d'versibit and extension sticking
> >not so proudly through the roof.
>
> Yup.  That's what we always called them.  It was always so
> matter-of-fact too...  "Hey where is the bit?"... reply; "flagpole,
> asshole".

Whenever I've got a "trainee" with me I'll tell them to go and put their eye up against the hole I've just drilled to see if they can see the snake coming through.