Monday, July 24, 2017

Cutting The Hedge with Your Lawnmower - How To Video Goes Viral

Cutting a hedge can be a pain in the butt, especially if the hedge is just a bit too tall for you. Going up and down a step ladder, trying to level that top evenly is hard work and getting a hedge cutter with elongated shaft and swivel head may lead to a second mortgage on the house.
Canadian, Glen Onyschuk had a brilliant idea. Owning a tractor with a front-loader, he imagined that he could fasten his lawnmower to the loader, lift it and easily cut that top evenly. Daughter Britiney and her mom first thought dad was losing it:

Daddy Glen tried to finish the job before the ladies of the house would come back but to no avail. Daughter Britiney shot a little video and put it up on Facebook to share with her friends. Well, friends were the intention, the video went viral and was seen (by now) over 35 million times around the world and shared by over half a million people. Britiney even had to disable her friend request button, as she was asked from over 600 people around the world to befriend her. The small town of Westlock with its around 5000 inhabitants made central Alberta famous, Glen got his own hashtag #albertlawnmowerman and everybody else, is like "why didn't I think of that?"

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