Glen sent me this story that his brother told him about.
A few years back he worked at a plant in Shelbyville, Indiana that made automotive glass. Apparently it is colder there in the winter due to the windshield factory. One of the factory employees decided to start taking karate lessons. Every day at lunch, he would regale his coworkers about how fast his karate skills were improving and boast about his progress. After he got his black belt, his coworkers expected the lunchtime boasting to stop or at least slow down. However he soon began to brag that he could teach his dog karate. Each day at lunch he would expound on the karate abilities of his dog and the amazing feats the dog could perform.
Finally one of his coworkers could take it no more and demanded to see the dog in action. The next day, instead of meeting in the lunchroom, a small group formed in the factory parking lot hoping to finally see the braggart finally put in his place. He walked into the parking lot with a small mixed breed dog on a leash and carrying a bag and a small stick. The group gathered in a circle around the man and dog. The man tossed the stick to the dog and said “Karate the stick.” The dog grabbed the stick in his mouth and broke it in two.
When his coworkers began to scoff and jeer, the man said “Wait, he’s just getting warmed up,” and then pulled a short section of 2 by 4 out of the bag. He threw it to the dog and said “Karate the 2 by 4.” The dog became a blur of action and reduced the 2 by 4 to splintered wood in no time. The man’s coworkers were stunned.
One dragged a large fallen tree branch from the corner of the parking lot and said “Karate this tree branch.” The dog soon reduced it to splinters as well.
One coworker went back inside the factory and emerged driving a fork truck with a large steel I-beam on the front. A crowd of onlookers followed the fork truck out of the factory began. The fork truck driver asked the man if his dog was up to the challenge. The man said “Karate that I-beam.” The dog reduced the I-beam to metal shards, then continued to tear the forks off the fork truck as well.
Lunch had now ended, and the plant manager became concerned that the factory line had not restarted yet. He looked out into the parking lot, saw the large crowd and stormed outside, pushing his way to the center of the crowd. “What is going on here!” the plant manager demanded.
Someone shouted “We’re watching this karate dog do tricks.”
“Karate my rear end” the plant manager replied.
You may ask how if this story is true (as my brother never lies), why you have never seen or heard of this karate dog in this age of the internet and reality TV. At the hearing after this incident, the judge determined that the dog was too dangerous and ordered him put down. Sadly the plant manager had died. After he had uttered those fateful words, he was rushed by ambulance to the hospital, but … (more…)