Originally published at: German workplace safety video dry of humor and wet with blood | Boing Boing
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I remember seeing this some 25 ish years ago
One of the first ever internet vids. So glad to see it’s still making the rounds
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Forklift driver Klaus is excellent! Bloody, but hilarious!
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I had no idea that forklifts were powered by whirling chainsaws until this day. Huh!
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Delighted that a German Tarantino has dipped into the corporate safety video genre.
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made my morning. Lol’d several times
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Evidently the narrator spent decades doing real driving-safety film narrations, and is parodying himself.
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Made me a bit randy, wink wink.
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Ah yes, this is a true internet classic
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My first laugh from this is always the reminder that the German word for forklift is “Stapler”. Yes, I know it’s pronounced differently. But still it makes me giggle.
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Evokes memories of the Monty Python sketch “Salad Days”, only less bloody and with more forklifts.
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I’ve seen this referenced so many times on BB, but never got round to watching it (gore isn’t my thing).
But bloody (literally) hell - that’s f’kn hilarious 
(and of course a very serious workplace training video).
Absolutely - and don’t forget, Python did a whole episode in German (Fliegender Zirkus) due to their popularity there, complete with the German version of the Lumberjack Song:
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Can’t even count the number of times over the years I’ve watched this video (though I try and find a version with English dubbing or subs). I never get tired of it, and no one has ever not liked it.
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People always think its fun to make jokes about needing a forklift certification, but then you haven’t seen a forklift run a guy through before… punk!
Seriously, internet has broken me as I laughed more than would probably be considered appropriate during this video.
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I’d never heard of this - watched the full episode now now, thanks for this. Or should I say danke schön.
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Bitte schön!
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Good to see this come around once again on BB.
I’m not sure if this was targeted for ‘straight to the inter-webs’ as it is pretty common on the ground as a safety ISA (Internal Service Announcement)… Has quite a bit of traction in the ‘real’ world of OH&S in factories here in Australia.
On a side note, I was working at a stadium music event and noticed that the fork lift drivers all had a plastic water bottle on the palettes they were shunting around at great speed and with great skill. A driver explained it was a common game to see who could move the fastest without losing the bottle!
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Which makes the video even funnier, because it wasn’t made as an actual safety film. It was made as a parody of gory safety training videos.
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Elektriker Horst is at least superficially similar, but I don’t think it involves the same people.
