F-off ivor. Until 3 years ago I made my living as a air conditioning installer in Orlando Florida. I've spent thousands of hours crawling around in dusty and rat-infested attics installing duct work among other things. I've also laid sod and mixed concrete for a living.


When you say " psudo intellectual psyco babble" you don't even know what you're talking about. Some of us are enjoying ourselves discussing the actual scientific physics of the situation described in the song (and the thread drift). If you are a "tradesman elitist" (someone who calls anthing intellectual crap), you might do well to remember that some of your tools and safety equipment was divised by people who apply physics in their work.

As wonderful as the song is, it is almost certainly meant to be an example in the extreme written in order to give people a laugh in the tradition of "black humor." There is almost no way that Paddy could have survived an accident as described. Simply holding on to the rope would be almost impossible unless he was tied to it somehow (but the song doesn't say that).

So get off your high(saw)horse and leave us alone. And don't make assumptions about people when you have little info to go on. By the way, where is the "industrial compensation" you metion in the song?